The newest Axis of Evil

From the Obozrevatel:

"Is a new "axis of evil" forming before our eyes?

Serhiy Grabovsky, December 13, 2025 

"Who is whispering pro-Russian instructions into Trump's ear?" - some rack their brains. "The USA is the largest democratic state, and Trump is its president," - others claim. "And aren't you tired of it? Trump has once again received a negotiating stick from Putin," - others rhetorically ask. "The new US National Security Strategy is designed for only three years, because Trump is mentioned there more than once," - others reassure. "Has he gone crazy?" - others ask. 

Before outlining the answers to these explicit and implicit questions, let us recall what the Ukrainian mass media have already written about. Namely, the fact that on December 10, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution initiated by Ukraine on expanding international cooperation and minimizing the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. The document addresses the long-term consequences of the Chernobyl disaster and the need for further support for the affected territories. The resolution expresses concern about the damage to the new confinement during the attack by a Russian drone on February 14, 2025, which jeopardized international efforts to protect the facility. The document confirmed that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is a Ukrainian facility.

Someone will say – so what? Don't rush… The resolution was supported by 97 states, another 39 abstained. And the USA, Russia, Belarus, China, Cuba, DR Congo, Nicaragua and Niger voted against.

Once again, the full list: USA, Russia, Belarus, China, Cuba, DR Congo, Nicaragua and Niger. Congo is a satellite of the USA, Niger is a satellite of Russia. 

A kind of global manifestation of the newest "axis of evil".  

True, the American representative mumbled something there, saying that the US did not support the resolution because of the mention of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which supposedly promotes a model of "soft global governance" incompatible with national sovereignty. We have an argument for clinical idiots, since the UN is an instrument of "soft global governance", and UN Security Council resolutions are mandatory for all states, and this is "hard global governance". Moreover, if the proposed resolution contains some questionable position for someone, in such cases they abstain by pressing the appropriate button. And to show solidarity with those totalitarian states that are guaranteed to vote against the fact that the resolution was initiated by Ukraine is a position dictated from the highest offices of power. And the frightened babbling of the American representative, who understood that her "argument" was worthless, is additional proof of this.

And a clear proof of the direction in which the United States of America is currently evolving (or rather, involutionary, or simply degrading). 

 

And also an extremely eloquent symbol. Meanwhile, a symbol, in the words of the Russian philosopher Pavel Florensky, who was shot by the Chekists in 1937, is "a reality that is greater than itself." 

 

But let's talk about everything in order, albeit briefly, in the form of a thesis. Let's return to what was discussed at the beginning of the article.

 

No, Trump has not gone crazy - he is no more crazy than Hitler or Stalin were at one time. No, no one whispers anything like that in Trump's ear - he consistently implements his own political course towards a close alliance with Russia, and some "showdowns" with Putin are a banal clarification of which of the guys in this group is the coolest. No, the USA is no longer the largest democratic state in the world, although it is still semi-democratic (hey, a couple of decades ago India was called the "largest democracy in the world", and who will repeat it now?). The "negotiating bullet" is only from an outsider's point of view, in fact, we are talking about a completely logical geopolitical game within the "axis of evil", which covers up the Russian offensive, strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine and the deployment of the Russian military-industrial complex. And, finally, who told you that the mentions of Trump in the US National Security Strategy indicate that it is designed for only three years? Do you think that under certain circumstances Donald Trump will not be able to become the leader of the United States for life? It is no coincidence that he constantly speaks enviously about the indispensable totalitarian leaders who, in his opinion, are "strong guys" - from Luka to Kim; the most recent mention in this context is Comrade Xi.

What is interesting: the aforementioned Strategy states that the United States will not approach other countries with its own standards for the development of democracy. This obviously refers to the totalitarian partners of the United States. After all, states with real, albeit imperfect, democracy (only something dead is completely perfect) have become objects of harsh criticism in the Strategy, and a whole series of claims are made against them. This also applies to Ukraine (immediate elections, legitimacy of the government) - but not to Russia. There, obviously, everything is in order with the elections and legitimacy of the government. And in Belarus too. Well, there can be no talk of North Korea.

As for the newest "axis of evil", compare the list of those voting against with the list from the drafts of the Strategy, which talks about replacing the G7 with a kind of C5 that will solve global geopolitical and geoeconomic problems - the USA, Russia, China, India, Japan. The project is quite bizarre (India has its own vision of the world, it is no coincidence that it voted for the aforementioned General Assembly resolution), and Japan obviously does not fit into the community of totalitarian and semi-totalitarian states - bizarre, but indicative. As indicated in the draft, an important goal is the liquidation of the European Union with the help of Italy, Poland, Hungary and Austria. By the way, these states are obviously selected there not as national subjects, but only as instruments for implementing the policy of the Washington "great leader".

Currently, Trump is putting pressure on Ukraine in an ultimatum style, demanding two things that are designed to destabilize the latter from within and thereby ensure a complete victory for Russia. First, these are immediate elections during the war, and second, the immediate withdrawal of all Ukrainian troops from Donbas. To remove Zelensky from office and put a team loyal to Putin and Trump in power is the obvious goal of elections during the war. And to do this, at least split society (for Russia, it is also desirable to provoke a civil war in order to occupy all of Ukraine as a "peacemaker"). Well, the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the unoccupied part of Donbas, which will result in the transfer of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to Russia (at the beginning of the year, almost a million lived there) - is this from the point of view of elementary morality (I am silent about international law, for Trump and Co. it does not exist)? What is this, if not a reward for Russia for aggression (along with Crimea and most of Donbas)? The last such reward in Europe was received in 1947, when Finland, which the USSR attacked without a declaration of war on June 25, 1941, was forced to cede territory (the Arctic port of Petsamo) and real sovereignty to Moscow totalitarianism under a peace treaty, becoming a de jure and de facto component of the Soviet bloc.

Note that Italy has reduced its support for Ukraine with weapons, officially declaring that "when peace talks are underway, weapons are not needed, now we will support diplomatically." Is the destruction of Odessa by the Russians on the night of December 12-13 evidence that "weapons are not needed"? In addition, Italy has joined those EU states that block financial assistance to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets. Well, Trump's influence has turned Italy into a satellite of the "axis of evil." And Israel is going to stop protecting refugees from Ukraine from January 1, 2027 (local media say - at Trump's request), making these refugees illegals with all the corresponding consequences.

I am sure that despite the blatant playing along with Putin (Russian attacks on Ukraine have intensified under Trump, and the number of civilians killed has increased, that is a fact) and the tangible demoralization of the Ukrainian front and rear caused by Washington's actions, there will be those who want to deny the US involution from democracy to autocracy and further to semi-totalitarianism; in particular, they will insist on the reformist potential of the US president. The potential is there. Just like the Reich Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Unlike Trump, Adolf Aloizovich was a successful reformer: he quickly and effectively improved the welfare of the country's Aryan population, and the social legislation created during his time quietly crept into the post-war era. That world war was made inevitable by Hitler's policies, although he wanted to limit himself to a series of victorious local wars that would expand the living space of the Aryan race in order to achieve the main thing - to make Germany great again.  

However, the situation is not hopeless. In the United States, there is such a thing as the Deep State. It is no coincidence that Peskov ("the voice of Sauron") expressed fears that this factor would devalue Trump's agreements with Putin. Let's hope, not only them."

Below is the result of the UN vote (source):