Trump takes victim-blaming Ukraine to the following stage

President Donald Trump on Tuesday returned to his tactic of blaming Ukraine for Russia’s unjustifiable invasion of the nation. Trump’s newest version of his blame recreation comes as his current makes an attempt to barter an finish to the warfare have foundered.

Russia selected to violate Ukraine’s sovereignty in 2022, in a repeat of their seizure of Crimea in 2014. Ukraine responded to the invasion by defending their nation, a response that nearly all nations on the planet—together with america—would pursue in the same scenario.

For the reason that battle started, Ukraine estimates that greater than 46,000 of their troopers have been killed, as of February. A United Nations report revealed in December 2024 estimated that greater than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed within the battle as properly.

A public bus cease is broken after a Russian air assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 21.

Trump’s rhetoric, past insulting Ukraine’s resistance, additionally denigrates the American warfare of independence, which noticed our small nation taking over what on the time was a world superpower with a big navy.

Trump additionally advised Fox that he had given “my assurance” that no Individuals can be deployed to defend Ukraine in opposition to additional Russian aggression if a peace deal is ever agreed upon.

As a substitute the world has watched as Trump caved to Putin’s calls for and pushed Zelenskyy to provide in to continued Russian brutality.

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FOX: What was the response amongst European leaders once you determined to name Putin throughout your assembly?

TRUMP: I did not do it in entrance of them. I assumed that might be disrespectful to President Putin.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-08-19T12:23:21.077Z

Within the aftermath of his diplomatic failures, Trump has as soon as once more emerged as a shill for Putin. He has repeatedly lied concerning the underlying causes of the warfare, blaming Ukraine when Russia is at fault.

Trump’s rhetoric bolsters the case of Putin, whom a bipartisan Senate investigation decided was engaged on Trump’s behalf to intervene within the 2016 presidential election. Trump continues to repay his main political ally.