President Donald Trump recently called Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a dictator with a 4% favorability rating. It’s 57%, higher than Trump’s.

Trump says the United States has given $350 billion to help Ukraine fight Russia (Vladimir Putin). The real amount is less than half.  

Trump says Ukraine started the war. Everyone knows that expansionist Russia (Putin) started the war. Fewer know that almost 20,000 Ukrainian children were kidnapped for adoption in Russia and “Russification.” Imagine that horror on top of being attacked --an attempt to destroy a history, culture, educated population and standard of living far exceeding Russia’s.

The United States, China and North Korea did not approve a recent UN resolution proclaiming Russia the aggressor.

At their sit-down, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance called Zelensky ungrateful, and said if he rejected a peace plan arranged by Trump and Putin, he, Zelensky, would cause World War III.

Again, that’s the reverse of reality. We owe deepest gratitude to Zelensky and all Ukrainians for bravery hard to imagine as they fight to halt Putin’s expansion ambitions that include more than Ukraine – and could start World War III if not checked.

Trump will not support Ukraine joining NATO, where an attack against one member country must be defended by all. NATO was formed in 1941 to answer German aggression. 

Putin has made many threats if Ukraine joins NATO. There’s Trump talk about the withdrawing from NATO and the UN, destroying a tradition to be proud of.

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