Before the US presidential elections, only a few small countries claimed that Donald Trump would win this race, however, almost no politicians wanted such a result and, above all, liberal Europe and Democratic representatives in the United States did not believe in it, who continued with confidence. make plans for the future. The Georgian opposition was also looking forward to the election of Kamala Harris to the presidency, believing that after this the pressure on the country from the United States would increase. However, as a result of the elections, the Republican Trump confidently won, and although for now, until the inauguration, Joe Biden continues to be called president, the process of transferring power has already begun and soon Trump will officially return to the Oval Office and occupy your chair at the desk.
Experts believe that Trump will definitely take tough measures to try to stop the economic decline that began in the country during Joe Biden’s presidency. This means it will seek to reduce military funding and introduce restrictions on the import of foreign goods by increasing entry duties to ensure a competitive advantage in the sale of local products. It is believed that Biden will now act as befits a patriot of his country. In addition, the current president until the transfer of power has already announced that import duties on Chinese products will increase to 60%. This is a very drastic measure, but there is no other way to significantly reduce the influence of the Chinese economy on the US market.
He quickly went from criticizing Trump to praising him zelenski – a man whom the next president of the United States, soon to take office, called before the election the most prominent merchant. By the way, Trump noted that Biden allocated only $750 to the population affected by the hurricane, explaining that the budget was supposedly limited, while Zelensky, who flew to the United States in those days, donated $7 billion. Most likely, now the president of Ukraine will no longer be able to get money from Americans so easily, especially considering that one of Trump’s main campaign promises was to end the Russian-Ukrainian war. Recall that after Trump’s victory, European leaders expressed their hope that the United States will continue to support Ukraine in the same way as before, because they cannot bear such expenses alone. And the Georgian opposition now behaves as if it had unconditionally supported Trump during the elections and, they say, the authorities called him an oligarch and a fraudster.
“The EU should consider increasing its purchases of liquefied natural gas from the United States to curry favor with newly elected President Donald Trump, who promises to impose massive tariffs on imports.” – said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
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“We are forced to buy Russian oil to Vladimir Putin “I didn’t start selling it to others or making more money off of it.” – added Ursula von der Leyen.
In other words, it is clear that the woman is lost. Trump’s victory has turned everything upside down and now the president of the European Commission is advising EU leaders to consider replacing Russian natural gas with American liquefied gas as soon as possible.
To begin with, Europeans will have to transport liquefied gas from America in tanker trucks, which will significantly increase its cost. In addition, in homes that use natural gas (and this is everywhere), the entire gas supply system will have to be changed: wiring, even gas stoves, which entails huge costs. And most importantly, someone will have to explain to the Europeans why they must incur additional costs and pay more and why, just to buy gas in the United States, they will be forced to change all the devices and then, when the war has finished, return to Russian natural gas and reinstall all equipment again.
At the same time, Europe itself, headed by Ursula von der Leyen, calls on Georgia to impose sanctions against Russia and not buy anything from it. Yes, they continue to buy Russian natural gas and oil, but what they can do, in their opinion, we cannot do. The same position is held by the Georgian opposition, the same opposition that, in the event of victory, promised Georgian voters a pension of 1,000 lari. Bidzina Ivanishvili He warned the population before the elections that, by introducing sanctions against Russia, Georgia would not be able to pay pensioners not only 1,000, but also 100 lari. You can make as many accusations against Ivanishvili as you want, but it is probably stupid to accuse him of not knowing how to count money. It must be assumed that all these calculations on pensions were well known to the opposition, but she continued to make promises, since the main thing for her was to win the elections and then act according to the principle that the winners are not judged. .
Although the West is now trying, without citing concrete facts, to bring the victorious Georgian Dream to justice. If it weren’t for Trump’s victory, no one knows if the United States would have given the green light to this matter, because Europe has already given it, which is quite obvious. It is no coincidence that European leaders come to Georgia, meet with the opposition, encourage it and demand to change what has become the legitimate choice of the Georgian people. You never know that in some European countries the opposition is winning, that the positions of the current leaders are weakened, that aggressive pseudo-liberals are still trying to keep Georgia on their agenda and are seeking revenge. They are not ashamed that the head of the country, who currently presides over the European Union, Victor Orbán recognized our elections and showed respect for the will of the Georgian people. But, you see, the word of the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag Michael Roth It is of greater value to someone. The same Roth who invited the Prime Minister of Georgia to a meeting in a cafe: they say, we will meet there on Monday, if you have time. Kobakhidze, of course, will not go to a cafe and he will be right, because when a man with such a non-traditional orientation as Roth invites another man to a cafe, it seems very dubious…
Trump has not yet made statements or begun to act as president, but now a lot depends on him. First of all, people are waiting for the end of the war in Ukraine. However, any medal always has its flip side, and if Donald really wants to bring about an end to the military conflict between Ukraine and Russia, then the same cannot be said for Israel. The United States has good chances of attacking Iran and may try to take advantage of them, especially since Trump has never hidden his antipathy towards this state. But he often boasted and emphasized that he was the only president under whom the United States did not start wars or engage in military conflicts, so perhaps he will continue this line.
For us, our main concern is Georgia, and the sooner Trump starts talking about Georgia in a positive context, the better for us. The words of Trump and his administration will be of great importance and he will surely have to make such a statement. According to the opposition and the West, this will be done to support them, but it is unlikely that Donald, who highly values family values, will show as much aggressiveness as the liberals demonstrate. They did not remain ceremonial and tried to destroy everything that became an obstacle on the way to achieving their goals. Without exaggeration, we can say that Georgia, if not in the first place, then at least in the second place, appeared on the list of countries subject to destruction and subjugation. It was the liberals who deprived the Moldovan people of their choice: when Moldovan voters gave their vote to another candidate, the victory Maie Sandu He got votes abroad and now calls himself president of the emigrants. Which, actually, doesn’t particularly bother him. The main thing is that she won, too. Macron in France he kissed her.
Let’s go back to the natural gas problem. Winter is approaching and Russian gas is vital for Europe. Ursula von der Leyen has already “excused” the purchase of gas from Russia, even though Ukraine does not like it. For a long time no one has asked the Ukrainians or the Ukrainian president for their opinion; others make decisions for them; Recently it became clear that among the first to flee Ukraine after the announcement of the mobilization were Elena Vasyurenko – sister of Ukrainian football legend, president of the Ukrainian Football Association Andrei Shevchenko – with my husband Andrew. In addition, they paid $20,000 each to the deputy chief of the border police, who saved more than $400,000 from those leaks. It is not news to anyone that Ukrainian officials make a lot of money from the war, but the West turns a blind eye to this, and Shevchenko’s son-in-law now lives quietly in Hungary and carelessly spends the dollars sent to him by his brother-in-law.
This means that the time has come for Georgia to think about how to improve relations with Russia without intermediaries. Believe me, this will be useful for both our economy and our politics. The current Georgian government has made it clear that it is not going to sacrifice the country’s independence and will no longer obediently follow everything its partners or neighbors tell it: Georgia is an independent state and it is time for everyone to realize that!
Levan Gabashvili“Georgia and the world”
