Daniel Davis
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is, according to a President Donald J. Trump social media post on Wednesday, a “dictator without elections”! Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Trump’s statement was “utterly despicable.” Is the Senator’s anger justified – or was Trump’s criticism valid? Emotions aside, evidence suggests Trump is more right than is commonly understood.
Zelensky vs. Trump and the Ukraine War
The Washington Post conveyed its shock and astonishment at Trump on Wednesday, posting this alarming headline “Echoing Kremlin, Trump blames Zelensky for war.” Trump’s sin, as it turns out, was to challenge the Western narrative on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by revealing the truth that he indeed bears a portion of the blame for the start – and continuation – of the Russia-Ukraine War.
The Washington Post, echoing the consensus view of mainstream foreign policy views in the West, didn’t merely report what Trump had said the night before during a Mar-a-Lago press conference but prefaced, in large print bold headlines, that Trump had been “Echoing Kremlin” in what he said. They willfully sought to discredit his words by tarring him from the outset, tying his words to what many in the West consider an enemy.
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