Chris Newlon

I just want to spell this out so that even a child can understand. Last night on live TV in Russia, presenters gloated about Putin’s new alignment with the US on Ukraine. One even hoping for an alliance against ‘satanic Europe’ Olga Skabeyeva known as Putin’s ‘Iron Doll’ clearly stated; “Trump does not set any conditions for Russia and Putin. Only for Zelensky and Ukraine” Just take a moment to absorb that. In an unimaginable act of betrayal. What can only be described as an American Russian puppet, has taken the decision to castrate the Ukrainian military and be complicit in the murder of women and children, in the country of an ally whose soldiers served on the battlefield of Iraq with his own. Overnight, Russians hit a Hotel in Kyiv in which both American and UK aid workers were staying. Fortunately they escaped injury, but no thanks to Trump Trump is a traitor to his country. He is compromised and as such, is a Russian asset sat behind the Resolute desk. There can be no other conclusion one can draw. This makes the Republican Party complicit in all current attacks on Ukraine and responsible for any resulting deaths. Tragically, I only hear a handful of Democrats sharing my outrage too. I am a HUGE admirer of @BarackObama and @BillClinton but in this critical moment, their silence is frankly deafening. WHY gentlemen why? President Obama really should feel ashamed right now. In 2014 he and UK Prime Minister David Cameron reneged on the Budapest Memorandum, which gave security assurances that the U.S. and the UK would aid Ukraine in the event of aggression from Russia. Their excuse? An ‘assurance’ is NOT a ‘guarantee’. They say, ‘What’s in a word?’ Well 153,000 dead Ukrainians was what’s in that word. To add insult to injury, a felonious US President is now colluding with America’s oldest adversary to lift sanctions, pause offensive cyber operations and deny Ukraine vital intelligence. This WILL lead to the loss of life. It is beyond shameful. America seems completely oblivious to the fact that this dovetails into the theft of classified documents after Trump was dragged kicking and screaming from the White House. Not to mention the meeting Trump had with Putin in Helsinki and the meeting with Russian officials in the White House, where translators were removed from the room. So my question is, what does Trump have to do to prove he is an existential threat to US national security? This is like watching a Hollywood movie. The President of the United States has appointed a defense and security team in which his Director of National Intelligence is credibly suspected of being sympathetic to the Kremlin. And his Secretary of Defense is too dumb to recognize a threat if it smacked him in the face. A guy who would sell his country out for a blond he can knock around and a crate of whisky. What could possibly go wrong? There’s no wonder Trump ‘loves the poorly educated’. That’s one thing, but then add a Republican caucus cowering in a corner screaming, ‘Please don’t hurt us’. This defines the point at which you have created the perfect permissive environment in which to overturn 80 years of alliances and global security. Trump is a man who in business showed no loyalty to his country. He dodged the draft, persistently dodged paying his taxes and stole from his own charity. What on earth makes anyone think he has a grain of loyalty, morality or decency in this moment? His alignment with Putin is clear evidence that because of him, America is weak and less safe. Putin is now driving American foreign policy and bragging about it on Russian prime time TV. So my simple question to Republicans is this, WHAT WILL IT TAKE? What will it take to really PUT AMERICA FIRST right now? Because the U.S. is about to be abandoned by all its allies and friends all for a Russian asset to be installed in the Oval Office. Trump said looters should be shot and here he is, looting America. Make it make sense.

🔥 Let's talk about the money. Ukraine gave up a $2 trillion nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees. 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles, 4,000 nuclear warheads, and strategic bombers—more than China, France, and the UK combined today. And yet, the White House now says they owe us nothing—worse, they blame Ukraine for the potential start of a nuclear war. ⚠️ Blame the country that gave up its nukes for global security. Just think about that. And as a Ukrainian, I can only hope that the scientists who built those weapons are still working. Just saying. 📢 Share and subscribe. That’s important. #WhiteHouse #StandWithUkraine 💙💛 #USPolitics #Nuces #RussiaIsCollapsing #Geopolitics 🌍 #Trump

Amazing explanation of the situation from @SecRubio: "Shouldn't we all be happy that we have a President that is trying to stop wars and prevent them instead of start them?... We are trying to end a war. You cannot end a war unless both sides come to the table."

This, from @IgnatiusPost in today's WaPo, is correct and worth remembering: