Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London, writes on the Bluesky platform: "These are some of the most disgraceful comments a US president has made in my lifetime." And he continues: "Trump is taking the side of the aggressor and blaming the victim. The Kremlin must be jumping for joy."

Astrid Lund - Betty MacDonald fan club organizer: "Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London, writes on the Bluesky platform: "These are some of the most disgraceful comments a US president has made in my lifetime." And he continues: "Trump is taking the side of the aggressor and blaming the victim. The Kremlin must be jumping for joy." ----------------------------------- Tagesspiegel Ukraine invasion, day 1092: "Every American president of the last 80 years would contradict President Trump" Julia Hoene • 4 hours • 5 minutes reading time He's done it again: You'd think that with the statements we're used to from Donald Trump, there's not much that can shock us anymore. But now the US president has actually blamed the Ukrainian president for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "You should never have started this," said Trump after Volodymyr Selenskyj criticized him for not being involved in talks in Saudi Arabia about Ukraine. "I'm very disappointed," said Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He had heard that Kiev was outraged at not having been given a "seat" at the table, said Trump. "Well, you've been there for three years (...) You should never have started this. You could have made a deal." He praised Russia, however: "Russia wants to do something. They want to stop the wild barbarism." The US course in the Ukraine war and also the relationship with Europe have changed significantly under Trump. This is clear after these statements. The "New York Times" (source here) therefore speaks of one of the "most breathtaking turnarounds in American foreign policy." "It is a shameful turnaround in 80 years of American foreign policy," says Kori Schake, director of foreign and defense policy at the American Enterprise Institute and national security advisor to President George W. Bush, in an interview with the "New York Times." "During the Cold War, the United States refused to legitimize the Soviet conquest of the Baltic states and gave courage to the people who fought for their freedom," she continues. "Now we are legitimizing aggression to create spheres of influence. Every American president of the last 80 years would contradict President Trump's statement." Trump's apparent confidence in his ability to make a deal with Putin has puzzled experienced national security officials who have dealt with Russia over the years. "We should talk to them the same way we talked to Soviet leaders during the Cold War," said Celeste A. Wallander, who dealt with Russia and Ukraine issues as deputy defense secretary under Joe Biden. "That is, they should not be trusted." Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London, writes on the Bluesky platform: "These are some of the most disgraceful comments a president has made in my lifetime." He continued: "Trump is taking the side of the aggressor and blaming the victim. They must be jumping for joy in the Kremlin."