Trump’s Ukraine posturing is odious and immoral

As happens with every issue, the world is now neatly polarised about Mr Trump. There are those who refer to him as a Nazi, a dictator, a fascist, a rapist and could not possibly discern anything beneficial about his regime even if he announced he was both joining Hamas and transitioning. And then there are those who believe his every action is wonderful and those who disagree are cucks, snowflakes, lefty scum. I have been slightly closer to the latter category. But Trump’s posturing over Ukraine – no matter how much you may have agreed with the substance of J. D. Vance’s marvellous speech – is odious, immoral and based upon deceit. Ukraine did not start the war in 2022. Nor could it have stopped it without complete capitulation.

I do not doubt that Ukraine is a corrupt country and that Zelensky is a flawed president. But depictions of him as a ‘dictator’ are simply silly. Before becoming elected, Trump said he could stop the Ukraine war in ‘one day’. Well, anybody could – if it meant simply giving Putin everything he wants. This does not make Trump look strong, it makes him appear to be Putin’s whipped bitch, frankly, and in the long term will make Europe a more dangerous place. Meanwhile the deal Trump tried to impose upon Zelensky regarding the exploitation of rare earth metals is vindictive, greedy and grossly immoral and the Ukraine president was right to dismiss it out of hand.