Trump Isn't Hiding His Love for Russia and Disdain for Our Allies

Donald Trump just told the world that he and Vladamir Putin have devised a plan on how to go about “dividing up certain assets” in an effort to end the war Russia started when Putin invaded Ukraine - The assets, obviously, being the country of Ukraine.

In his most recent traitorous move, Trump appeared to indicate that the United States will not object to Russia maintaining control of parts of occupied Ukraine seized after Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. Trump was noncommittal about whether or not talks with Putin would result in a ceasefire but said progress had been made in negotiations over the weekend.

“We’ll be talking about land, we’ll be talking about power plants.” But, when asked what concessions he might ask of Putin to achieve a ceasefire, he merely replied, “I think we already have a lot of it discussed by both sides, Ukraine and Russia," adding, “We’re already talking about dividing up certain assets, and they’ve been working on that.”

The Kremlin confirmed Monday that Putin is slated to speak to Trump, while Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told newspaper Izvestia that his country “will demand that ironclad security guarantees” barring Ukraine from NATO membership be part of any peace deal.

“We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,” he said. “Maybe we can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance.”

Trump has already rolled over for Putin, all but outright barring Ukraine from attaining NATO membership.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Putin of deliberately prolonging negotiations in order to try and seize more territory or capture troops for leverage.

Trump’s remarks came the same day that his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, suggested in an ABC interview that it is unreasonable to expect to “drive every Russian off of every inch of Ukrainian soil, including Crimea” and that the Biden administration had pursued a policy of “endless warfare” by not bending to Russia's will.

Since taking office, Trump has radically and forcefully aligned the United States with Russia, not only by opening up direct talks with Putin, but also by spreading Russian lies and propaganda about Zelensky, a democratically elected leader who he has called a “dictator.” With these people, as always, every accusation is a projection.

The Trump administration informed European allies Monday that the U.S. is withdrawing from a multinational group investigating Russian leaders and their allies. Totally not suspicious.

On the campaign trail last year, Trump claimed he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. No one knew he meant he'd do it by giving up and abandoning our allies entirely.