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From threatening to invade Greenland to calling Canada "the 51st state" and slapping tariffs on everyone—this isn't "America First," it’s a massive self-inflicted wound. Now Trump wants to abandon NATO. That would be an all-time own goal.
The video shows Marco Rubio first saying that “Ukraine is not America’s war,” and then older video showing him explaining how “America promised to defend Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons.”
Rubio has become a prime example of the MAGA cult mentality. He has compromised his own principles in order to follow the cult leader.
Rubio is now wearing shoes that do not fit, yet he is too afraid to admit it.
No wonder Trump and his fellow Kremlin-appeasing, dealmaker pals and family members had to get rid of Kellogg. Not because he’s pro-Ukraine, but because he tells the truth, and the truth is pro-Ukraine.
KELLOGG: Putin is the aggressor. We have to apply pressure on him. Zelenskyy is a hard-ass. Ukrainians have done the astounding: they’ve stopped the Russian war machine dead cold. Putin needs to realize he isn't winning and won't win. He should just declare victory and go home.
It is the most American act of all to criticize our government. It’s a cherished freedom of our democracy. It’s what distinguishes us from dictatorships. And it usually makes our policy outcomes better.
If you support Trumps war in Iran, make a compelling argument; bring some data to support your hypothesis. But do not slander those who disagree with you as being unpatriotic or un-American. That’s how it works in Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China. We are not like them.
I've been working on this for ages in various countries: the story of the intelligence buildup to Putin's 2022 invasion. How did the US and Britain find out so much, and why were Europe and Ukraine sceptical.
It's a long one:
https://t.co/VFqxQUPsKG
This is a big mistake to allow the aggressor to take something. It was a big mistake at the very beginning, starting with 2014. And even before that, during the attack and occupation of parts of Georgia. And even before that, when Chechnya was occupied, with total destruction and one million casualties – both killed and wounded.
Many mistakes were made. That's why now I don't want to be the President who will repeat the mistakes made by my predecessors or other people. I'm not just speaking about Ukraine. I'm speaking about the leaders of different countries that allowed an aggressive country like Russia to come onto their territory.
Because you can't stop Putin with your kisses or flowers. I never did it and that's why I don’t feel that it's the right way. My advice to everybody – don’t do that with Putin.
Otherwise, there will be a first step, then in five years, he will rebuild his military, increase the number of soldiers, his army will be well trained. Because he has lost a lot of well-trained people. He is losing 30–35 thousand people per month now.
Can you imagine this in the 21st century? Can you imagine – he’s losing 35,000 each month? I'm not sure that he knows about it.
Hillary Clinton:
"The Trump admin's position towards Ukraine is disgraceful.. The effort that Putin & Trump are making to profit off the misery & death of the Ukrainian people is a historic error & corrupt to the nth degree.. He's betrayed the West. He's betrayed human values."
The ‘world order’ didn’t collapse because Russia invaded Ukraine. It collapsed because the free world chose not to stop them.
By refusing to use our wealth & power to defend even a European democracy, we showed dictators everywhere that aggression pays.
That was the death blow. We did this to ourselves.