2025-08-13
Al-Raya Newspaper: Why did Trump resort to escalation with Russia?
On Tuesday, July 29, 2025, US President Trump set a new 10-day deadline for Russia to make progress towards ending the war in Ukraine or face new sanctions, (and told reporters aboard Air Force One during his return flight from Scotland to the United States in response to a question about this deadline, 10 days from today) Al Jazeera Net, 2025/7/29. This confirms American frustration with Russian President Putin regarding the ongoing conflict for three and a half years.
Trump threatened to impose sanctions on Russia and buyers of its exports unless progress is made (Trump said during his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, "We are very upset with them - the Russian side - and we will impose very strict tariffs if an agreement is not reached within 50 days, we will impose tariffs of 100% that can be described as secondary. Russia Today, 2025/7/14). (The project includes imposing secondary sanctions on Russia's trading partners in addition to high tariffs of 500% on imports from countries that continue to buy oil, gas, uranium and other goods from Russia. Russia Today, 2025/7/14), and speaking in Scotland, where he is holding meetings with European leaders, Trump said he was disappointed with Putin, and said specifically: (I will set a new deadline of about ten days or 12 days from today, there is no need to wait, we simply do not see any progress being made. Al-Ayyam, 2025/7/29).
The question is: Do these threats carry political goals, or are they for domestic consumption?
The answer: Trump has launched a trade war on the world, and this visit is part of the trade war on Europe, and we have seen how he blackmailed Europe, so it submitted to him and signed the tariff agreement with him, and this threat came within this context, and in Britain, the torch of wars in the world, so he wants the following from that:
First: Increase blackmailing Europe and reminding it of the Russian bear and the nuclear war, until it submits to his demands.
Second: Encircling Russia and putting pressure on it to respond to his demands to end the war in Ukraine, and one of the most important tools of this pressure is negotiations with China regarding tariffs, as Trump is facing Chinese intransigence in the negotiations and does not expect them to achieve their goals and cause severe damage to the Russian economy, as US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, who headed the American delegation, stated (that China is the largest importer of Russian oil and will continue to buy it despite Washington's demands).
Third: Trump's response to the former Russian president after giving Russia a short deadline to end the war, Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council Medvedev said: (Trump should remember how dangerous the legendary dead hand is) and Trump pretended to be very angry about this phrase in the White House, and immediately after that he responded on his platform that this president is a failure and that he is playing in a dangerous area, and Trump decided to deploy two nuclear submarines near Russia, so is Trump's anger real or is it a tactic to achieve political goals? The American administration received this statement and considered it a real statement and a threat with nuclear weapons, and the prevailing opinion is that Trump exploited the statement to threaten the world; China, Russia and Europe, to subjugate them in tariffs, and weaken Russia more to proceed with ending the war as Trump wants, so will this achieve his goal? I do not think that Russia or China will submit, but they form a strong alliance, as in the past three years, four strategic agreements have been signed in all fields between Russia, China and North Korea, and this is what worries the American administration, as it seeks to control the rhythm in the world, sometimes by threatening and sometimes by diplomacy, and nothing indicates this more than Putin's statement and his Foreign Minister Lavrov's statement softening the tone and sending reassurance messages to Trump, knowing that this threat from both sides is not serious.
Fourth: As for Trump's other goal, it is internal, as he wants to divert attention from his country's internal problems that his opponents from the other party and the deep state are creating, as these are desperately trying to create problems for him and his administration all the time; the problems of immigrants and the problems of California and the latest is highlighting the scandal of the deceased Epstein and linking Trump to him, so Trump wanted to divert attention to the outside, so he exploited this statement, and moved the two nuclear submarines, and followed it with fiery offensive statements against Medvedev, so he wants to raise his low popularity and divert attention from his fabricated scandals.
Fifth: Here is the conflict escalating between China and America commercially and politically, and its tools are Russia, Europe and India, and Trump's coming to rule America is only to blackmail and dominate the world and raise slogans that are all slogans of control, arrogance and arrogance (America First) (Peace through Strength) (Let's make America great) so can he achieve the goals of the new capitalist class? I ask God that he cannot because it is one of God's laws of defense between nations and after this defense comes God's victory ﴿And were it not that God repels some people by means of others, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, wherein the name of God is much mentioned, would have been pulled down. Verily, God will help those who help Him. Surely, God is All-Strong, All-Mighty﴾.
Also, a few years before the mission, the Romans and Persians fought, once for these and once for those, until Abu Bakr bet and the Prophet approved him for the victory of the Romans ﴿Alif, Lam, Meem * The Romans have been defeated * In the nearest land. And they, after their defeat, will overcome * Within a few years. To God belongs the command before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice * In the victory of God. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful﴾ Surah Al-Rum. So there is no escape for these countries from defense and God's victory will come while they are in this state, and it will be, God willing, a dear and supported victory, and finally I call on the nation and the carriers of the call to continue the journey in ascending the peaks of glory by establishing the righteous Caliphate and carrying Islam as a message of guidance, light and mercy to the world.
By: Professor Saif Al-Din Abdo
Source: Al-Raya Newspaper
