President Trump delivered another massive win for America First patriots Thursday night by allowing the disastrous New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia to expire at midnight, finally ending the globalist policy of treating Vladimir Putin's crumbling regime as America's equal on the world stage.
The so-called New START treaty was everything wrong with the Washington establishment's foreign policy in one neat package – it handcuffed American military superiority while letting Russia play games with compliance. As the late, great John McCain once perfectly described Russia: it's nothing more than "a gas station with nukes."
So why were we treating them like a superpower peer?
The usual suspects in the foreign policy blob are already crying about Trump's decision. Thomas Countryman, an Obama-era arms control official, whined to reporters that "we haven't seen the United States do anything" to save the treaty, according to social media posts circulating among defense analysts.
But here's what the establishment doesn't want you to know: Trump isn't just killing a bad deal – he's positioning America to win a much bigger fight.
Social media users are connecting the dots that mainstream media won't. One observer noted that Trump allowed the treaty to expire "in order to force Russia to do the US bidding with China, including China in a new treaty." That's exactly right – while the swamp was playing by Obama-era rules, Trump is thinking three moves ahead.
Defense analysts on social media are reporting that Trump "seeks a new nuclear arms limitation treaty, replacing agreements that are set to expire," but this time it won't be the same globalist garbage that tied America's hands behind our back.
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This move puts China and Russia on notice that the days of America playing by rigged rules are over. Instead of bilateral treaties that ignore Beijing's rapidly growing nuclear arsenal, Trump is demanding a framework that actually protects American interests.
The foreign policy establishment spent decades convincing themselves that arms control treaties made us safer. Meanwhile, China built up its nuclear forces while Russia violated agreement after agreement. Only Trump had the backbone to say "enough."
Patriots should be celebrating this victory – it's exactly why we elected a president who puts America First instead of kissing up to foreign dictators and globalist bureaucrats.