In his first term in office, President Trump, via the Doha agreement, agreed to surrender Afghanistan to the Taliban. The agreement was between the US and the Taliban – the ( US ally ) Afghan government was never permitted to take part in the negotiations.
This week, President Trump commenced negotiations with Russia to end the Ukraine war. The Ukraine government was not permitted to take part in these negotiations.
The Ukraine negotiation is a surrender agreement on the part of the US every bit as much the Afghan negotiation was. Trump has already conceded everything that was important before the negotiations even began- that Russia would not have to give back Ukrainian territory, that Ukraine would not be allowed to enter NATO.
The NATO nations have given significant support to Ukraine, But, like Ukraine, they’re not part of the negotiations, either. The NATO allies weren’t even notified beforehand about the talks.
Trump has been exceptionally disrespectful towards the Ukrainian leadership, and is proposing that Ukraine repay the US on onerous terms, terms even more severe than were imposed on Germany after the first World War. This, while he has been exceptionally deferential towards Putin and Russia. The Russians can’t believe their good fortune.
It’s pretty easy to reach a deal when you give the adversary everything that he wants. Trump did just that in Afghanistan, and he’s doing it now in Ukraine.
Our alliances, and our power are being dismantled before our very eyes.
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I am terrified for our children, and the future of this country.
Trump is not just flat out wrong regarding Ukraine. He's so wrong that it must be deliberate, which begs the question - what is he up to? I'll take his domestic policies all day long but the last few days call for the men in white coats to take a look at him.
In the end generations of European leaders have allowed this. Despite a population and an economy which dwarves those of Russia, despite being easily capable of defending themselves militarily - if they chose to do so - they decided instead that Euro-socialism, degenerate welfare, suicidal immigration and cowering under a military umbrella provided by American taxpayers were preferable.
That provided the opportunity for a Trump to appear and pull their pants down and no amount of shrieking will hide that fact. Special mention must also be made of Jake Sullivan, a coward who so slow-walked aid to Ukraine that a perilously weak Russia was effectively rescued from military defeat in late 2022.
Unless Trump is on a massive bluff (which he might be) he will soon learn that being friendless is no fun internationally. If he will drop friends and allies on a whim then why be a friend or ally? Hopefully someone will talk sense into him and he sees that crashing the Russian economy is the way to go but he's on a charge and in no mood to listen.
It's been clear for a long time that Ukraine will be carved up in some way in the end. The lesson remains the same for the UK and EU nations: grow up and start taking care of yourselves and your own neighbourhood. China's rise will inexorably take more of US attention and cash. Speaking honestly with friends while shouldering your fair share of the burden of defence will make for better US/UK/EU relations anyway.
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