"With Donald Trump accusing Volodymyr Zelenskyy of starting the war that has destroyed a fifth of his country and killed more than a hundred thousand of his own citizens, we have truly entered the age when black is white, up is down, and two plus two equals a crypto coin with Trump's face on it."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Russia #Putin
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/what-fucking-deal-could-ukraine-have

"As the United States increasingly seems to be coming under the influence of the wishes of Putin and Xi, and falling out of alignment with NATO and other historical allies, it looks as though the effort to capture the presidency has succeeded. Americans think in two, four, and six year cycles. Our adversaries have been thinking in decades."

~ Dave Troy

#Trump #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Russia #Putin
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https://america2.news/donald-trump-isnt-the-first-presidential-candidate-groomed-by-the-kgb/?ref=america-2-0-newsletter

"Europeans are waking up to the fact that they are entirely dependent on a foreign power that is no longer acting like itself. America, which once championed the liberal democratic world order, is now turning against it in ways that are shocking to its allies.”

~ Farah Stockman

#Trump #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Russia #Putin
/4

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/opinion/trump-munich-security-conference.html

"Yesterday it became clear that America hasn’t abandoned its allies so much as switched sides.

The Trump administration is trying to bully Canada, Denmark, and the NATO countries. It just held a summit with Russia even though we once provided a security assurance to Ukraine."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Russia #Putin
/5

"It is not the case that America is retreating into splendid isolationism. No, we are still taking sides in world affairs. But now we are holding hands with the Russians and the Chinese and opposing the countries to which we have long-standing treaty obligations."

As Last says,

"The old order is gone. The new order will be nuclear proliferation."

I hope those trolling this thread to blame Biden — dear God! — are prepared to live under Putin.

#Trump #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Russia #Putin
/6

"To my friends in Europe, I want to extend an apology—and an urgent warning.

I am profoundly sorry that Americans are failing you in this dangerous and difficult time, after you have stood with us over so many years. …

Now the warning: Europe needs to become one of the great powers of the world, and do it fast—or you will get carved up by [Trump and Putin]."

~ Robert Tracinski

#Trump #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Russia #Putin
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https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/europe-needs-to-rise-swiftly-to-counter