Andrew Bolt: Volodymyr Zelensky’s tragic warning may prove to be tragically true
To those who perversely love seeing tough guy Trump smack around the desperate leader of a democracy in peril, Volodymyr Zelensky’s warning – that angered the US President on Friday – may prove tragically true.
Andrew Bolt
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I’m getting blitzed by jeering Australians for calling out Trump’s lies and bullying of Ukraine.
For saying, no, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is not a “dictator”. No, he did not “start” the war with Russia.
No, he shouldn’t be abused by Trump as a warmonger for “the hate he’s got” for Russian president Vladimir Putin, given Putin invaded his country, tortured and slaughtered civilians, destroyed cities and abducted 19,000 children.
It’s also disgusting for Trump cronies to snigger when Trump booted him from the White House last Friday for arguing back when baited by Vice President JD Vance.
I get it: Trump is right to want a peace deal. Some of his bluster is just a negotiating tactic. And, yes, Zelensky should have shut up and taken it, since only America can stop Russia from taking the rest of his country. But now there’s more jeering of Zelensky after Trump cut off Ukraine’s military aid, forcing Zelensky to crawl and issue “regret” for the way Friday’s meeting went, and repeat he’ll sign the deal Trump wants in exchange for America’s support, giving America access to Ukrainian rare earths.
Great, said Trump.
Yet those who perversely love seeing tough guy Trump smack around the desperate leader of a democracy in peril should realise Zelensky’s warning – that angered Trump on Friday – may prove tragically true.
Trump says Ukraine handing the US rights to its rare earths is all the security guarantee Ukraine needs against a renewed Russian invasion. The American investments and workers which will supposedly flood into Ukraine mean Russia won’t dare provoke the US.
But how much American investment will there really be when these minerals are mostly in contested territory right next to the Russian border?
What’s more, we know this is no real guarantee for Ukraine, because Trump made the same deal over Afghanistan’s rare earths eight years ago with Afghanistan’s president. But when the Taliban attacked, America fled.
So Zelensky is right: this is no real guarantee. And given the hatred from Trump, Vance and Trump’s megaphone Elon Musk, does anyone really think Trump or a future president would sacrifice a single American soldier to protect Ukraine? Or … us? So, yes, Trump is doing great things for America, especially in restoring freedoms and fighting the woke. And for Ukraine, Trump is still its only real hope.
But however unwelcome, the truth must be said – that hope is built on sand.
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