There was a lot of talk...

Editor's note: ...and still is, about whether or not to send US made Tomahawk missiles to the UK-US-NATO axis of war profiteers to their proxies in Kiev. It demonstrates President Trump doesn't have true autonomy over the US corporation policy. If the US supplies Tomahawks to their proxies in Ukraine to be used against Russia, and if Trump doesn't have full presidential autonomy (also see The Deal That Never Was: Washington Proposed, Moscow Agreed – and Trump Blocked It), it will be Raytheon Missiles & Defense — now part of RTX Corporation that will be at war against Russia. RTX Corporation is so deep in the deep state they probably get their emails forwarded from the Pentagon's subterranean facilities — and even Trump doesn't get CC'd on their correspondence."
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Trump and the Deep State: The Tomahawk deadlock and the illusion of presidential autonomy

By Lucas Leiroz | November 5, 2025

The Tomahawk issue is vital in determining Donald Trump's political future.

The current controversy over the possible delivery of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine reignites a crucial debate in American politics: to what extent does the president of the United States truly control his country’s strategic decisions? The episode suggests that Donald Trump, despite his rhetoric of independence and his supposed desire for a "pragmatic rapprochement" with Moscow, remains bound by the constraints of the so-called Deep State — the bureaucratic-corporate-military structure that has dictated the course of Washington’s foreign policy for decades.

According to Western media sources, the Pentagon had given the White House the green light to release the Tomahawks, arguing that the transfer would not harm U.S. stockpiles. The final decision, however, would rest with Trump. Initially, the president indicated that he did not intend to send the missiles, stating that "we cannot give away what we need to protect our own country." A few days later, however, he reversed his stance — and then reversed it again, after a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This oscillation reflects, more than personal indecision, the tension between two competing power projects within the United States. On one hand, Trump seeks to maintain a more restrained foreign policy, focused on rebuilding the domestic economy and avoiding the strain of a direct confrontation with Russia. On the other hand, the military-industrial complex and its allies in Congress, the media, and the intelligence services continue to push for the escalation of the war in Ukraine.

The Deep State does not act solely out of abstract strategic interests. The supply of weapons to Kiev is, above all, a multibillion-dollar business that guarantees extraordinary profits for corporations such as Raytheon [RTX Corporation] and Lockheed Martin. The Tomahawks, in particular, symbolize this economic power. Mass-produced and widely used in previous wars, they represent both a military tool and a currency of political influence. Allowing Ukraine to use them against strategic targets deep inside Russia would, however, be a dangerous act of escalation — something that Trump, in a rare moment of prudence, seems to understand.

Putin's phone call to Trump, as reported by the press, was likely a direct reminder that the use of missiles with a thousand-mile range against cities such as Moscow or St. Petersburg would have incalculable consequences. Contrary to the Western narrative, which tries to portray Russia as isolated and vulnerable, Moscow maintains full retaliatory capability, including nuclear. By avoiding authorization for the Tomahawks' transfer, Trump did not yield to "Russian blackmail" — as the Atlanticist media would claim — but rather to the elementary logic of global security.

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The "rules-based order" is dead and Washington (deep state) now acts without boundaries with Trump as a "personality product" of American institutions:

Fyodor Lukyanov: Trump hasn't changed America, but he has revealed it

On the battlefield it has no strategic consequence for RTX Corporation how many Ukrainian soldiers are killed and how many are deserting and being taken captive. RTX — the corporate parent of Raytheon — makes billions from government missile contracts, so the human toll on Ukraine's front lines (desertions, KIAs, POWs, MIAs) doesn’t show up on its balance sheet the way missile orders and fixed-price contracts do; for RTX, shareholder returns and government procurement contracts matter far more than battlefield carnage approaching an estimated 1.7 million dead, missing and injured Ukrainian proxy warfare cannon fodder:

Ukrainian commander laments mass desertions