Donald Trump is victim blaming again (Russo-Ukraine War)

Never mind that Russia's Putin regime invaded Ukraine in 2014 and illegally annexed Crimea as it fought a low-scale war in the Donbas that had been on-going prior to 2022. Never mind that the same Russian regime ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and have been engaging in human rights abuses ever since. In Trump's deranged and demented mind, somehow it was the president of the invaded country who allegedly started the war with Russia. Yeah, it makes no sense and is completely divorced from reality. But that's Trump for you. It's also a harbinger of what to expect if Trump is reinstalled in the White House. Trump will cede Ukrainian territory to Putin against the will of the duly elected Ukrainian government and the will of the Ukrainian people. Bet on it. Then again, it would be in character for Trump to blame the abused spouse for being beaten (or worse) or the rape survivor for allowing the rape to happen. That's what you get from a former US president who is entirely devoid of character. 

In the meantime, Zelenskyy is working around the clock to keep Ukraine running and to keep his nation's allies in line (and I will simply add that aside from some noteworthy eastern European nations, his Western allies have to varying degrees failed him and his fellow Ukrainians), and Ukrainian troops continue to fight valiantly and quite successfully while being outnumbered and outgunned. If nothing else, Zelenskyy can turn to his leadership team, Ukraine's Rada (parliament), his troops, and his people and tell them that Trump will be no ally - he will in fact be the enemy.

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