America Has Switched Sides. Who Voted for That?

The right always called it "the Russia hoax". Trump's latest actions put hoax in doubt.

Rob Dobi, Washington Post

Donald Trump is incessantly irate at Democrats and liberal media for probing his ties and flattering deference to Vladimir Putin, calling it a “Russia, Russia, Russia” obsession and a hoax. In office a little over a month, let’s see what transpired:

Vice President JD Vance went to the Munich Security Conference to tell European governments that their greatest threat was not Russia but “from within” – their migrant problem and curtailment of free speech that shuts out extremist rightwing parties such as AfD.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Brussels meeting of almost 50 of
Ukraine’s Western backers that a return to Ukraine’s pre-war borders was “unrealistic,” that NATO membership for Kyiv was off the table, and that…

"We're also here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.”

It was a thunderclap, a reversal of 80 years of American policy in a single stroke.

Hegseth further announced the halt of offensive cyberoperations against Russia by U.S. Cyber Command, notwithstanding Russia’s continuing cyber activity against the U.S.

Trump called Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator” and said it was Ukraine that started the war.

The U.S. delegation to the United Nations followed up by voting against a resolution condemning Russia for its aggression against Ukraine. America thus took Russia’s side and joined North Korea, Belarus, Israel (yes, Israel), fourteen other countries in Russia’s orbit, and of course Russia.

In an Oval Office meeting that played like the ambush it surely was, Trump and Vance attacked Zelenskyy, accusing him of not being sufficiently grateful for U.S. support.

For Zelenskyy’s not being “respectful” enough, Trump “paused” any further shipments of weapons to Ukraine, creating an opening for Russia to gain more ground.

So it’s finally out in the open. In actions he has directed, Trump has confirmed that it really was and continues to be … Continue reading

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