{"id":1308204,"date":"2025-10-18T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T08:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-geopolitical-triangle-and-the-c-factor-another-detail-of-trump-putin-relations\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:31:14","slug":"the-geopolitical-triangle-and-the-c-factor-another-detail-of-trump-putin-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-geopolitical-triangle-and-the-c-factor-another-detail-of-trump-putin-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Putin, and the \u201cC Factor\u201d: How China Turns Their Triangle into a Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

Strategically, both Trump and Putin are pursuing the same objective: to free up Russia\u2019s resources from the war in Ukraine, weaken its dependence on China, and halt Moscow\u2019s slide into geopolitical vassalage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For America, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Pakistan, and Venezuela are all secondary matters. The main issue is the confrontation with China. Today, China is the United States\u2019 primary \u2014 and only \u2014 true adversary. That is why Trump is doing everything possible to ensure that Russia (and the BRICS countries) either side with America against China or at least remain neutral, rather than being crushed under Xi\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s dependence on Xi is driven by its military needs and the necessity of circumventing sanctions. Therefore, Trump\u2019s main goal right now is to achieve a ceasefire \u2014 not a grand deal or postwar settlement, but simply to sharply reduce Putin\u2019s reliance on China\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

As for the Tomahawks, despite all the skepticism that \u201cthey won\u2019t change the course of the war,\u201d the moment Trump seriously started talking about supplying them to Ukraine \u2014 with a hint that the deliveries could be significant \u2014 Putin suddenly expressed a desire to meet.<\/p>\n\t\t