Russia is not the good guy, he is a dictator. Trump is reading from a Kremlin script. And Trump is a bad deal-maker.
Everyone knows Trump is lying when he says Ukraine started this war. (Always leads me to wonder if he suffers from his father’s dementia)
This is a great article- What are we to make of Trump’s Ukraine Policy? (Guardian)
Ukraine was not invited to the talks. Quite reasonably, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country would not be bound by decisions taken without their participation. Trump responded to this by falsely claiming that Ukraine had started the war, and sought to undermine Zelenskyy’s legitimacy by claiming in a Truth Social post that he “refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls … A Dictator without Elections.”
In reality, Zelenskyy’s current approval rating is more than 50%, which is higher than Trump’s. And while it’s fair to ask whether Ukraine should have elections during the war, only a total rube would believe that Trump is bringing this up because he cares about democracy.
In terms of optics, the talks themselves are a clear victory for Putin, a validation of his well-known aspiration to restore the great power status to which he believes Russia is historically entitled. In this view, the future of Ukraine, and of Europe, is something to be determined by the United States and Russia irrespective of the populations involved.
For Trump’s part, it fits neatly with his modus operandi that Russia and the United States would get to make those decisions. Just as with the spectacle of the US president and Israeli prime minister a few weeks ago determining the future of the Palestinians who weren’t even in the room, in Trump’s jungle the powerful make decisions that the weak must simply accept, international law and human rights be damned.
Trump is not smart. WHO tells Canada they want to take over their COUNTRY, threaten them and call them the 51st state without thinking this would anger Canadians. Trump, who is an idiot, as is Elon Musk. Canada’s hockey team won against the US team last might. Trump is such a buly and a creep, he’s been trying to call Trudeau “Governor” for some time to belittle him.
Sinn Féin will boycott St Patrick’s Day events at the White House next month over US President Donald Trump’s stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
The party’s First Minister at Stormont, Michelle O’Neill, will not travel to Washington DC for the annual event.
