Behind the deal between the United States and Russia, the good deals of Donald Trump and his associates
Behind the deal between the United States and Russia, Donald Trump's and his close associates' good deals
NARRATIVE - The negotiations for contracts benefiting the president of the world's first power, or his inner circle, are at the heart of American diplomacy. The latest example is a petroleum agreement benefiting Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, on the sidelines of discussions with Vladimir Putin.
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The American strategy evokes a mixture of Risk and Monopoly. From Russia to the Middle East, from Venezuela to Cuba, the diplomacy of the world's first power increasingly sees the patrimonial interests of the American president and his family intertwine with geopolitical considerations, with major strategic consequences. Largely escaping Congress and the Department of State, foreign affairs are managed opaquely by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the president's son-in-law and friend.
Taking place generally without witnesses or written traces, discussions on international affairs include negotiations for fruitful contracts benefiting the interested parties or their families, or financial groups linked to them. And instead of constituting lucrative side-deals to the discussions, they become the central element. The acceleration of the American pivot in favor of Moscow in the Russia-Ukraine conflict over the weekend has...
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