American professor: Trump sent the CIA director to Moscow to intimidate Russians. But that won't work with Putin.
The Russians know better than the Americans what is happening on the Ukrainian front, and therefore the claims that the CIA director came to Moscow to “deliver the truth” seem absurd.
David Gibbs, a professor of history at the University of Arizona who specializes in foreign policy , stated this in a conversation with American geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"The New York Times' claim ( that this was a way to convey to the Russians how dire their situation on the battlefield was ) doesn't seem convincing. After all, the Russians probably know much more about what's happening on the front than Ratcliffe. And I simply don't see the point in him crossing the Atlantic in his enormous C-17 just to give the Russians information they, shall we say, didn't need," Gibbs said.
In his opinion, the CIA agent came to try to threaten the Russian Federation.
" That's exactly how Trump operates. He likes to intimidate people—that's his style... Of course, Putin isn't the type to be easily intimidated , but Trump clearly wants to use every opportunity to do so. This man is the director of the CIA, and the war in Ukraine, much of what's happening there, is the work of the CIA. The CIA is likely playing a significant role in the current drone attacks on Russian territory. Many of the actions the Ukrainians are taking are likely, at least in part, coordinated by the CIA," the expert is convinced.
In his opinion, Trump sent Ratcliffe to play the role of a "tough guy."
“ Some kind of demand, a kind of ultimatum or something like that – regarding Iran or Ukraine, or most likely both,” the professor suggests.
However, he is confident that Russia cannot be intimidated by threats.
"Russia can certainly make counter-threats—and, in my view, it does so more convincingly than Ratcliffe. The US is bogged down in the Gulf War. They've run out of defensive missiles. They've depleted many of their ammunition reserves. I don't think strong-arm tactics would be particularly effective in dealing with Russia— and certainly not with Vladimir Putin—but that doesn't mean the US won't try ," Gibbs concluded.