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Trump, Russia, Anchorage and €197 Billion: A Brilliant Geopolitical Gambit

€197 billion in frozen Russian assets are sitting in Europe — officially reserved for Ukraine, potentially the key to a far bigger geopolitical deal. Trump could force Europe to pay for the war, reintegrate Russia economically into the U.S. orbit and free American power to confront China. This scenario sounds speculative — but it follows the historical logic of U.S. power politics with eerie precision.

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