Reposted by Clay Quarterman — Today’s reaction to Witcoff in Kyiv
From: UA Flag Team: Somewhere in the smouldering wreckage of a Ukrainian apartment block, a mother holds what’s left of her child after a Russian drone attack.
Half a world away, in the plush comfort of Tucker Carlson’s propaganda lounge, Steve Witkoff leans forward, calm and smiling, and says Vladimir Putin is a “super smart guy.”
The dissonance would be absurd if it wasn’t so unspeakably obscene.
Steve Witkoff, a real estate tycoon whose closest brush with danger probably was a refused planning permission, has apparently taken on a new role: foreign policy expert and part-time apologist for war criminals. In in his debut performance, he brought empathy. Not for the victims in mass graves, deported children, or obliterated neighbourhoods, but for the man giving the kill orders.
According to Witkoff, Putin, between bombing maternity wards and executing civilians, prayed for Donald Trump after the assassination attempt. The architect of modern terror, bless his compassionate little heart, supposedly dropped to his knees and had a tender moment with God about his orange friend.
I’m writing this from Kyiv, where today, rescue crews are still pulling bodies out of collapsed buildings after another night of Russian drones. For the people here, Witkoff’s soft-spoken worship of Putin isn’t just offensive. It’s monstrous. He didn’t just excuse evil. He tried to baptise it.
So let’s ask the obvious: Why the hell is Steve Witkoff even talking about Ukraine?
Because in today’s America, all it takes is a fat real estate portfolio and Trump’s phone number. There is no need for a background in international law or a career in diplomacy. No need for a shred of expertise. No understanding of history, law, or the brutal calculus of war.
Just flip a few luxury condos, and suddenly you’re an expert on genocide.
One moment, you’re picking marble countertops for a Dubai skyscraper. The next, you’re nodding sympathetically while justifying war crimes on national television.
Putin doesn’t need more tanks or missiles.
He has Steve.
He has a wealthy, well-dressed man on TV, translating murder into “strategy,” repeating Kremlin’s fiction with the warmth of a Sunday brunch guest. A man who shrugs off atrocities and smiles as he says, “I actually like him. He’s not the bad guy here.”
While Ukrainian families bury their children, the US envoy is out there complimenting the man who put them in the ground.
Steve Witkoff.
The man who looked at a mass murderer and saw a role model.
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