Clarity from Trump, Vance and Sen. Dan Sullivan on Ukraine

I appreciate clarity as much as anyone, like the leaders of the Alaska Republican Party, who are all in on Donald Trump’s clear approach to the war in Ukraine.

The New York Times offered this candid explanation of what happened in the White House Friday:

“In a fiery public confrontation unlike any seen between an American president and foreign leader in modern times, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance castigated Mr. Zelensky for not being grateful enough for U.S. support in Ukraine’s war with Russia, and sought to strong-arm him into making a peace deal on whatever terms the Americans dictated.”

The meeting degenerated as Trump and Vance shouted at Zelensky, accused him of “gambling with World War III,” lied about the war in Ukraine, and repeated Putin’s talking points.

Trump complained that Zelensky has “tremendous hatred” for Putin.

This was a pro-Putin display by Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance and a blow to a U.S. ally.

Zelensky said Ukraine had to be part of any negotiations about ending the war in his country, which is not an unreasonable demand.

Watch the full video below of this dark chapter in American history.

After the U.S. bully boys embarrassed themselves, there were statements of support for Zelensky from France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Norway, Finland, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Belgium, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Times reported.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, former defender of Zelensky and Ukraine, and former harsh critic of Putin, had nothing to say.

Sullivan’s silence makes his position clear. He is right there with the Alaska Republican Party in agreeing with anything Trump does, even if it contradicts what Sullivan has claimed that he believes. It is now the party of Trump.

Sullivan has spent the past three years attacking the Biden administration for not doing enough to help Zelensky and Ukraine.

“No matter the soaring rhetoric from President Biden, his administration is not in it to win it in Ukraine,” Sullivan said last July.

With Trump in it to win it for Russia, Sullivan has surrendered the cause.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s response to the White House debacle is a model of what Sullivan and other Republicans should be saying about Trump, but aren’t.

I appreciate her clarity.

“This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine. It ends with a tense, shocking conversation in the Oval Office and whispers from the White House that they may try to end all U.S. support for Ukraine. I know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now, I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin, a threat to democracy and U.S. values around the world,” Murkowski said.

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