The war began when Russia invaded Ukraine, but Donald J. Trump said on a podcast that the Ukrainian president “should never have let that war start.”
Could someone please explain the rationale behind this? From what I gather it amounts to “well yeah Putin sent his army and started the war, but he was forced to by NATO/USA/Biden personally/Zelensky personally, THEY are the real warmongers!” But when I ask why, and what would have happened to Russia if he didn’t start the war, they don’t actually answer and just smile knowingly like I’m some kind of moron for not figuring it out by myself.
I’m pretty sure his voters think he’s the last great hope or something so they don’t care whatever he says or how deranged he is. They will vote for him anyways.
So to be fair, this is consistent with what was always his stated position. Trump has said from day one that Zelinskyy should have just ceded the disputed territory to Putin based solely on Putin’s pinky swear that he won’t come looking for more. So since Zelinskyy didn’t accept Putin’s demands before the tanks rolled in, it’s therefore his fault the war began. See? He’s not saying Zelinskyy invaded Russia or something. He’s just doing some classic victim blaming.
So much for “Fight, Fight, Fight.”
From the party of the “Castle defense” laws.
classic “she made me give her a black eye!” defense
Should give us a clue, how Donnie would end the war on his first day in office with one phone call to Vlad (and very likely an Executive Order to stop all military aids).
Would be the start of the great nation “South Belarus” (so Ukrainians get a pretty good idea, how they’re supposed to identify)
Archive link because of the paywall: https://archive.ph/RrVDi
@ OP: please add archive links for accessibility purposes
Will do in the future! I forget because of the bypass paywalls extension. Thanks for covering this one!
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