Trump and Ukraine: What Is Going On? | Power Line
Ukraine has suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in resisting the Russian invasion, and its economy is a shambles. Most observers (including me) would say that Ukraine represented the West in its defensive war against an aggressor. So, why such a punitive attitude on the part of the Trump administration?
Meanwhile, President Trump has been negotiating with Russia without consulting Ukraine. Why? Many observers are asking, whose side is he on? President Zelensky has canceled his trip to Saudi Arabia as a protest against Trump s purporting to settle the future of Ukraine without consulting Ukrainians.
Hopefully this will come out alright in the end. But on what planet does it make sense for President Trump to allow himself to be seen as an agent of Vladimir Putin in dealing with our ally, Ukraine? This strikes me as an unforced error of the sort to which Trump has too often been prone.
It is indeed puzzling. Alarming even.