this is probably what it will all come down to. big noticable actions;

Alexander Dugin: I’ll admit up front that I’m not an expert in armaments and I’m wary of appearing a dilettante in that field. I’m a sociologist; I study geopolitics and political psychology, so I’ll analyze the subject from those positions, perhaps with a philosophical tint.

It seems to me that, under the influence of neoconservatives, Trump has formed an erroneous perception of Russia’s position in the Ukrainian conflict — of our capabilities, interests, values, of what we are prepared to do and what we are not. With such a Trump, convinced that it’s enough to press, threaten, or raise his voice for the conflict in Ukraine to end, we will not find common ground. He must be disabused of that belief; his thinking must be reformatted. Words alone make that difficult. There were negotiations in Anchorage, conversations between our president and Trump. He is an impulsive man, living in the moment, hot-tempered, aggressive, but one who respects strength and decisive response. We understood that we tried different approaches to communicating with him, but he does not accept a “soft” mode. He reads all kindness as weakness........more.........