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Russia has spent decades as America’s persistent adversary—arming North Korea and Vietnam against U.S. troops, forming military and strategic pacts with China and Iran, and now threatening global order alongside a hostile bloc. Yet today, as Ukraine fights for its survival, Washington hesitates; Trump delays Ukraine Aid, echoing lessons the U.S. seems doomed to repeat.
False dilemmas and Russian expansion dominate MAGA commentary about Ukraine, creating dangerous straw man arguments that ignore both logical reasoning and historical reality. Commenters like Niketas Choniates at the New Neo blog twist Ukraine’s requests for military aid into extreme misrepresentations about “sending American boys to die” and “taking nukes” – classic false binary thinking that serves Russia’s interests while undermining America’s strategic position.
Many MAGA bloggers and commenters bash Ukraine while unknowingly supporting America’s longtime enemy, Russia, who has been responsible for countless American deaths since WWII by backing Communist countries and terrorist-supporting nations. These voices ignore Russia’s documented expansionist history and resent Ukraine for not delivering Trump’s political opponent Biden “on a silver platter” – while simultaneously blaming Ukraine for Trump’s 2020 loss.
Bottom Line Up Front: Reporting from our remote Florida Swamp news desk – it’s déjà vu all over again. Trump’s peddling the same “security assurances” that screwed Ukraine in 1994 with the Budapest Memorandum.
Ukraine gave up the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal for American “security assurances” – worthless promises that evaporated when Putin invaded. Now Trump’s coordinating with Putin while offering Ukraine new “security assurances” as part of his Nobel Peace Prize lust. Same diplomatic double-talk, same escape clauses, same setup for betrayal.
Ukraine’s been down this road before and got abandoned. Here’s the documented pattern of how “security assurances” became American code for “we’ll bail when convenient.”
Bottom Line Up Front: Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize lust is driving everything. Putin just praised Trump saying he “wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine if Trump were president.” This Putin praise reveals a possible Ukraine setup while America prepares for potential American betrayal. Same coordinated bullshit that’s been screwing Ukraine since the Budapest Memorandum.
Trump has diverged from key allies, such as NATO members like the United Kingdom and Germany, to align with Russia on Ukraine, providing Vladimir Putin with incentives to continue military actions against Ukrainians.