Yesterday, during a press conference about the United States’ bilateral talks with Russia to end the Russo-Ukrainian War — talks which, currently at least, have bypassed Ukraine entirely, a goal Vladimir Putin long sought — Donald Trump casually averred that Ukraine actually started the Ukrainian invasion: “Today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years. You should have never been there. You should have never started it. You should have made a deal.”
It was not a confidence-inspiring moment for those who believe in basic historical fact, let alone for those who know how to check calendars: Trump’s language suggested rather clearly that he resented Ukraine for failing to surrender as Russia prepared to occupy Kyiv and annex the entire country back in February-March of 2022. In case anyone was prepared to defend this as a mere slip of the tongue, Trump went ahead today and offered the world more of his thoughts about Ukraine from his Truth Social account:
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