From: NYP By Douglas Murray
This has been a dizzying and disorienting week in international diplomacy. One with wild implications for Ukraine, the future of America’s standing in the world and President Trump’s legacy.
Trump is absolutely right in wanting to end the bloodshed in Ukraine. The suffering has been appalling and the stalemate brutal. But in the furious mix of wild opinions this week from the White House down, there are at least 10 truths that every American voter must hang onto.
In Trump’s rush to end the bloodshed, these are also the truths against which any deal will be judged and which will define him when the history books are written.
To ignore them or not treat them with the gravity they deserve will also have enormous consequences for decades to come:
Truth No. 1
Vladimir Putin started this war, despite what Trump said days ago.
Voice of Ukraine 
One response to “2/22/2025 — Mr. President: Putin is THE dictator and 10 Ukraine-Russia war truths we ignore at our peril ”
Well said! If this is merely a negotiating tac it is bizarre but I hope it works too crush Putin and restore Ukraine. If Trump believes his talking points it is bizarre with little hope of being good for three west long term – IMHO!
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