The Stain for Losing Ukraine Will Remain for a Good, Long Time
If the initial 28-plan program concocted by the Trump- and Putin-led governments, which gave Russia nearly everything it wanted in its war against Ukraine is any indication, the United States is on the verge of selling out Ukraine and rewarding the naked aggression of Russia against its neighboring country. Given the current occupant of the White House this should surprise no one. When Russia initially invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, then former President Trump declared the unprovoked act “wonderful.” There is a long history of Trump’s involvement with Russia extending to the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Russia and the machinations of his 2016 campaign manager, Paul Manafort’s lobbying for Russian favored politicians in Ukraine. Trump’s emissary to Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani acted to remove the highly acclaimed Marie Yovanovitch as Ambassador to Ukraine because she obstructed efforts to get negative information on the Biden’s during the spring of 2019 in anticipation of the 2020 Pr...