By Ben Meiselas
MeidasMighty,
What we just witnessed was nothing short of a total betrayal of America’s national security and our allies. Donald Trump stood on the world stage and gave Putin everything he wanted—abandoning Ukraine, tearing apart NATO, and making it clear that his administration is nothing more than a puppet regime for the Kremlin.
I wish I were exaggerating, but I’m not.
Trump literally questioned whether Ukraine should even be an equal negotiating partner in its own war—a war that Russia unlawfully started. He didn’t blame Putin’s brutal invasion. No, he blamed Ukraine for “going into a war.” Let’s be clear—Ukraine didn’t choose this war. Putin launched an unprovoked invasion. And Trump is out here acting like Ukraine should just roll over and surrender.
It gets worse. Trump echoed his own Defense Secretary, former Fox News morning show host Pete Hegseth, by saying that Ukraine should not return to its pre-2014 borders—essentially endorsing Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the Donbas region.
That’s not how international law works. But in Trump’s world, where he’s already openly threatened to annex Canada and invade Greenland, I guess he thinks stealing land is fair game.
When reporters pushed him, asking whether refusing Ukraine NATO membership and forcing them to give up territory was handing Russia everything, Trump shrugged it off. His response? “I just want peace.”
No, you want Putin to win.
Then came the real bombshell. When asked whether he’d support forcing Zelensky to cede territory to end the war, Trump falsely claimed that Zelensky has low poll numbers (straight from Russian propaganda) and then hinted at his real plan—forcing elections in Ukraine.
Why?
Because Trump and Putin want to install a Kremlin-backed puppet in Kyiv. This is literally Putin’s demand for a peace deal: get rid of Zelensky and replace him with a Russian stooge. And Trump is now parroting it word for word.
This is outright collaboration with a hostile foreign power.
And just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, Trump started bragging about his “lengthy and productive” call with Putin earlier in the day. He even suggested that Putin “wants peace” now that Biden is gone.
Gee, I wonder why?
Because Trump is giving him everything he wants—no NATO for Ukraine, no aid, no resistance. Just complete capitulation.
Then, Trump casually dropped this disgraceful revelation: he expects to meet with Putin soon—not just here in the U.S., but in Russia or Saudi Arabia.
Yes, you read that right. Trump is gearing up for a full-blown Moscow surrender tour.
While all of this was happening, Republicans in Congress confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence—a huge win for Russia.
Now, let’s be clear about what this means:
No allied intelligence agency will ever trust the U.S. again.
And guess what? This was all coordinated—Trump’s call with Putin, Hegseth’s statement about Ukraine, and Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation.
Putin isn’t just winning. Trump is handing him the victory on a silver platter.
This isn’t normal. This isn’t policy disagreement. This is treason in real time.
And while all of this is happening, Trump is bragging about appointing himself chairman of…the Kennedy Center?
Seriously.
While the world watches America crumble under his spineless, treasonous leadership, he’s out here crowning himself king of an arts foundation.
To everyone who enabled this disaster—to the spineless Republicans who rubber-stamped every one of Trump’s authoritarian moves—history will remember your names.
And to everyone who voted for this man—you bear responsibility for this betrayal.
But for the rest of us, the pro-democracy majority, this is not the time to give up. This is the time to fight like hell.
We still have power. We still have a voice. We will not let this stand.
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