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Trump’s Attack on Zelensky Was an Attack on the United States
David Gold: The Current Occupant of the White House Shows Us Again Why His Presidency Violates the Constitution
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Nobody Seriously Believes Trump Is Even Trying to Act in the Best Interests of the United States
The most shameful fifty minutes in the history of American foreign policy? It’s up there. Extra shame points for doing it as reality TV.
The more significant distinction of Trump’s ambush of Zelenskyy is that it served no plausible US interest whatsoever. My own strong view is that, for reasons of both moral principle and national self-interest, the US should continue arming Ukraine and work for a just and lasting peace that would diminish Russia’s threat to Europe. But even if you think that’s not worth the cost of the weapons we’re sending, or that our weapons are just prolonging the suffering, there’s no way to find a moral or national interest…
