Paul Craig Roberts: Does the U.S. Want Peace Or Endless Conflict

Nima Rostami Alkhorshid:

1. Do you think European efforts to satisfy Donald Trump are primarily aimed at prolonging U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war?
2. Trump has reset his deadline for Russia—what kind of progress is he actually seeking, and what might happen after this new deadline?
3. Why does Europe seem to be increasing its dependence on the United States despite Trump’s clear pivot to Asia and lack of strategic inclusion of Europe?
4. Given the UK’s role in Ukraine and its intelligence activities—such as the attack on Russian bombers—is Britain now acting independently or still as a U.S. proxy?
5. What does Trump actually want from Hamas, and why has he been unable to achieve any breakthrough in negotiations?

Paul Craig Roberts:

1. Trump views foreign policy like a businessman: he’s shifting the financial burden of European defense and Ukraine’s war onto NATO/EU while eliminating trade imbalances. Europeans comply because they fear being abandoned and want to stay tied to U.S. security, despite growing authoritarian tendencies in their own free speech policies.
2. Trump isn’t seriously pursuing peace. The war in Ukraine is an American proxy conflict, and Zelensky can’t end it. Putin has repeatedly stated the root cause is U.S. military encirclement and demands a mutual security agreement—but Trump ignores this, making his deadlines meaningless posturing.
3. Europe long ago surrendered real sovereignty, associating national independence with the trauma of WWII. The EU functions as an unelected, authoritarian structure, and countries like Germany and France are economically and politically dependent on the U.S., making true strategic autonomy impossible.
4. The UK is not acting independently—it’s operating as a proxy for Washington. The drone attack on Russian strategic bombers was likely orchestrated by British intelligence but only with U.S. approval. This allows Trump to maintain plausible deniability while keeping pressure on Russia.
5. Hamas has nothing left to negotiate. Israel has declared all of Palestine as its own, leaving no room for a Palestinian state. Any surrender would mean execution. Trump and U.S. allies like Lindsey Graham are calling to “finish the job,” meaning the complete destruction of Gaza—starvation, bombing, and extermination—under the guise of military necessity.

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