{"id":15589,"date":"2025-09-18T22:52:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=15589"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:52:54","slug":"trumps-gefaehrliche-sprachspiele-terrorphantasien-gaza-veto-und-alte-feinde-im-neuen-gewand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/trumps-gefaehrliche-sprachspiele-terrorphantasien-gaza-veto-und-alte-feinde-im-neuen-gewand\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Dangerous Word Games \u2013 Terror Fantasies, Gaza Veto and Old Enemies in a New Disguise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump loves the insinuation, the threat without evidence, the play with the unspoken. In an interview with Fox News he left open the possibility that there could be a \u201cvast terrorist movement\u201d in the United States, responsible not only for the murder of Charlie Kirk but perhaps also for previous assassination attempts on himself. \u201cYou never know,\u201d said the president - \u201cyou never know.\u201d A sentence that pours more poison than clarity into public debate. At the same time he announced that his administration would \u201cdo a big think\u201d about Antifa - that broadly defined spectrum of anti-fascist initiatives that Trump summarily described as a \u201csick group\u201d and wants to designate as a \u201cmajor terrorist organization.\u201d Legally Antifa is not an organization, but a collective term for anti-fascist initiatives, yet in Trump\u2019s rhetoric this diffuse field becomes a projection surface for his domestic political enemy images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While Trump invoked the internal threat, Congress tried to set a sign of unity - and failed already in advance because of its own cracks. Speaker Mike Johnson urged members of the House to adopt a resolution commemorating Charlie Kirk unanimously. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine that anyone would vote against it,\u201d Johnson said. The vote is scheduled for Friday, but the past week has shown how polarized even the simplest symbols have become. The attempt to discipline members of Congress such as Ilhan Omar for critical statements after Kirk\u2019s death failed by a narrow majority. What was intended as an undisputed act of mourning threatens to sink into the maelstrom of partisan divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The United States VETOES the Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza as well as the immediate, dignified and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups.\nIn Favor: 14 - Against: 1 (US) - Abstentions: 0
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On the international stage the US government meanwhile acted with a harshness that makes its isolation increasingly clear. In the UN Security Council the United States again vetoed a resolution that would have demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza - combined with the release of all hostages. Fourteen members voted in favor, only Washington against. The declaration described the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and called for the lifting of all restrictions on the delivery of aid to the 2.1 million people there. The fact that the US stood alone together with Israel underlines the growing gulf between American policy and the rest of the world. Shortly before the start of the UN General Assembly, where several US allies are expected to recognize a Palestinian state, this veto is a signal - and at the same time a symbol of refusal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Trump\u2019s gaze was not only directed at the Middle East. He again railed against European states that continue to import Russian oil. \u201cYou can\u2019t have Europe buying oil from Russia and then have me getting upset with China because they\u2019re buying oil from Russia,\u201d he said before departing the United Kingdom. It is striking that it is precisely Hungary under Viktor Orb\u00e1n that is responsible for the largest share of the remaining Russian pipeline imports in Europe. Orb\u00e1n presents himself as a strongman and has been blocking stricter sanctions against Moscow for years - an approach that in the EU is seen as a systematic undermining of common decisions. That Trump in turn harshly criticizes Europe for its continued import of Russian oil while at the same time courting Orb\u00e1n as a political brother in spirit reveals a fundamental contradiction: he brands dependencies that he simultaneously reinforces through his closeness to authoritarian styles of leadership. It is a familiar pattern: Trump positions himself as an uncompromising critic like a political amateur, but leaves out details or strategies. He merely emphasized that he was \u201cunhappy\u201d with those countries that had not ended their dependency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even towards Moscow the line remained vague. Asked whether the incursion of Russian drones into NATO airspace might have been a \u201cmistake,\u201d Trump only said: \u201cI can\u2019t comment.\u201d Just a few days earlier he had speculated it could have been an error - an interpretation brusquely rejected by Poland\u2019s leadership. Now he evaded, saying that the drones \u201cshouldn\u2019t have been there,\u201d but avoided any clear classification. Thus a vacuum remains, in which allies are left wondering how reliable the president really is when it comes to NATO obligations and red lines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taken together these scenes paint a picture of fragmented politics and deliberately stoked uncertainty. Trump plays with fears, constructs threats, evades facts and at the same time pursues a foreign policy course that isolates the United States. Whether in the terror accusation against Antifa, in the veto on Gaza or in the open questions about Russian provocations - the pattern is the same: insinuation instead of analysis, escalation instead of responsibility. It is a game with fire, in which the world and his own population serve as the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are currently working on two major investigations. In Mississippi it is about a series of deaths whose background we are uncovering step by step. At the same time we are conducting research into embargo violations by European countries in connection with the Russia sanctions. The focus is not only on formal loopholes but also on deliberately constructed circumvention routes and networks that show how economic interests slow down Europe\u2019s political unity. Therefore at the moment, here as well as in the social media field, there may be slightly delayed article publications.<\/strong>.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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