Day 1,342 - Groundhog Day? Has Putin Manipulated Trump into Another Fake Summit? - Silicon Curtain

[TexasTowelie]

Edition No256 ||| Day 1,342 ||| 17-10-2025 - This is your Silicon Bites Daily Geopolitics Brief, with a rundown of news stories on 17th October 2025. We cover Ukraine, Russia, China and the global struggle against autocracy.

Welcome to Groundhog Day. We seem to be stuck in a loop, of threat, reversal, appeasement and then the whole cycle repeats. It creates the illusion that positions have changed, that there is momentum, and then momentum lost. But if you step back, we can see that this is political theatre, and everything remains the same. Nothing changes. Russia has diluted none of its ludicrous maximalist objectives. Ukraine fights on, because that is the only option open to them, fight or disappear. Europe delays full support for Ukraine, waiting on the US to normalize its foreign policy, and the whole absurd dance goes round in circles over, and over.

We lead with Trump’s phone call with Putin — more proof we’re trapped in a vicious cycle of manipulation, delay and regression. Then how Zelenskyy’s Washington visit has been undercut before it gets going. And on the battlefield, Russia’s botched push near Pokrovsk once again reveals the fragility of its strategy, one might even say the delusion of its invasion.

[usonian]

1. I believe they're negotiating over something special. What?

Failed the first time. Will fail again.

[Klarkashton]

2. Yes more bullshit. Maybe Trump will wash his feet this time.