FLYNN: Trump Advisors Setting Russia “Trap” for Trump

By
Richard C. Young
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President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin walk on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, August 15, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

According to Paul Dragu in The New American, former National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn believes that advisors to President Trump may be setting “a trap” for the president that will get America into war with Russia. Dragu writes:

Trump Pressuring the Kremlin?

Last week, Trump posted a statement on social media suggesting he had shifted his stance in support for continued fighting in Ukraine. “With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, [Ukraine’s reclaiming] the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option,” Trump said September 23. Trump also insulted the Kremlin’s military might, calling Russia a “paper tiger.”

The statement prompted the question of whether the president’s comments were part of a strategy to pressure the Kremlin into being more open to a peace deal, or the true sentiments of a president who is frustrated that, despite the talks, despite rolling out the red carpet for Putin, the fighting has only intensified.

Flynn: Work Harder at Seeking Peace

Regardless, Gen. Flynn is worried that his former boss is being led down a disastrous path. In a social media post on Monday, Flynn asked: “Is Ukraine is a foreign policy dead end or a trap?” He also said that someone near the president suggested that another nation’s leader be eliminated, presumably Russia’s. And he addressed Trump directly: “Donald Trump we want you to be the PEACE PRESIDENT.”

In his post, Flynn implied that the Eurocrats are pushing for escalation. “The NATO & EU need this war to shift their internal problems away from themselves and place it on an enemy who has massive physical capabilities and will use them (don’t underestimate this guidance),” he said. He has made similar accusations in the past.

Flynn also opposes selling weapons to NATO:

Selling weapons to “NATO” may make us feel good but never forget, we are NATO. if NATO gives those weapons to Ukraine, are we not in a PROXY WAR against Russia? Are we not now directly involved? Who provides the guidance systems, the intelligence, the information operations, cyber, space — warfare is multi-domain activity and not a simple bullet or missile flying through the air.

The longtime general then issued the reminder that “there remain peaceful solutions to ending this war” and that “we must work harder at seeking these.” He added that those who are pushing for war aren’t offering all the options.

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