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On the face of it, President Trump is right to try to end a destructive war in Ukraine that is now approaching the three-year mark, and to open talks with Russia. This war has to end, and at this stage it can end expediently only through negotiations.

Yet the way the president is going about this vital task is misguided, counterproductive and unfair to Ukraine.

In quick order, Mr. Trump has sent his lieutenants to negotiate with Russia without the participation of either Ukraine or the NATO allies who are most directly threatened by a resurgent Russia; he has cruelly suggested that Ukraine — not Russia — is responsible for the war by not making some unspecified “deal” at the outset; he has demanded access to Ukraine’s mineral wealth as the price of continuing military support; and he has baselessly called Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, a “dictator without elections.”

In effect, Mr. Trump and his administration are pivoting U.S. foreign policy 180 degrees, pointing the way to a peace that would run counter to the American and Western mission of securing a sovereign, independent, democratic and prosperous Ukraine. It is a reversal of the past three years — since Russia invaded its neighboring nation, strong majorities of Americans of every party and persuasion have supported Ukraine — but also a repudiation of a nearly eight-decade core belief that the United States was safer in a world where it stood against aggression and authoritarianism and for freedom.

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 5 points 4 days ago

Who with any power will stand up to him on anything? I’ve seen a few Democrats — almost all women, interestingly — and then everyone else in Congress is a coward or doesn’t understand the gravity of the situation. He’s ignoring several court orders so don’t expect the judiciary to do much. Even the oligarchs are kissing his ass while he wrecks the economy. His diet of McDonalds and burnt steak is probably our best, last hope.