All political leaders have a duty to look after the welfare of their own countries first and foremost, but not at the expense of blatant hypocrisy.
We all know that Russia is the aggressor in the Ukraine conflict, and Trump has always previously accepted this. So why, now that the USA is short of Diesel Oil, does he suddenly do a U-Turn and begin to side with Putin?
In order to please US Diesel users, he is literally bankrolling the slaughter of innocent Ukrainians.
There is plenty of Diesel around, even Canada has lots. So why would Trump contribute to Putin's war fund, and buy from Russia. His actions are morally bankrupt.
Why would he also suggest that Zelenskyy should resign? One minute he insults him, the next he is friendly, and now he thinks he should go. He even had the cheek to suggest that Zelenskyy 'could have finished the war years ago'.
This isn't a children's playground where you side with the strongest. In 'grown-up' life, morals count more than simply backing whoever is of the most useful. What ever happened to 'Right and Wrong'. Where are 'Decency and Honesty'?
We all expect our own governments to look after our own economies before that of others, and Trump's US economy is 'expanding at a moderate pace'. So why is he now helping Russia? Has he some ulterior motive in mind?
And let us not forget that just TWO MONTHS AGO Trump was threatening to penalise all countries who imported oil from Russia. What happened during the interim???
Boris has suggested that we send gunboats to intercept the Russian tankers, but I think that MIGHT being going a tad too far, and would cause even more trouble from both Russia and the USA.
Is it now just Europe that sticks by high moral standards?
We have always known that Putin was an evil bast*rd, but Trump now seems to be joining him.
I have yet to find a politician who has any standards certainly no moral ones.
ReplyDeleteActually, I would suggest Enoch Powell, he was far from the hate figure usually portrayed, and his instincts were sound and way ahead of time as subsequent events have shown. I heard him speak at my school Founders Day in the mid sixties and he put all of the other nonentities that we had endured to shame.
DeletePowell and John Biffin were always regarded as the two major 'intellectuals' of the House of Commons. I worked with Biffin, but never met Enoch.
DeleteIt really is like a bad dream. In all seriousness, where will.it end?
ReplyDeleteHis recent behaviour I find quite worrying.
DeleteCro, you have much to learn if you still have any expectations of decency or honesty from the orange one. I just hope the damage he has wrought can be undone.
ReplyDelete-AK Coldweather
Reputations tend to stick, even with a change of regime. I think the Europe/US relationship is at rock bottom.
DeleteUK importe de la Russie malgré les sanctions du kérosène et du Diesel via
ReplyDeletel'Inde . Des petits trous cachés. Cest chés bien pratique pour contourner les sanctions . Il y a d'autres pays la France, la Slowakie . Il n'y a pas de morale et concernant Trump c'est un psychopathe qui ne sait pas ce qu'il a dit 5 minutes avant.
That doesn't surprise me. There are loopholes everywhere. Trump is a megalomaniac who thinks that he can do no wrong, and that everyone must agree with all he says. He must be amongst the worst ever US Presidents.
Deletemorals don't come into it. You can't reason with him. What he says, goes. He changes his mind all the time. It must be like walking on glass , working for him.
ReplyDeleteWhen we see him spouting from behind his White House desk, I always wonder what the group of flunkies behind him are thinking.
DeleteI'm no fan of politicians, most of them are only interested in feathering their own nest, but Trump is morally bankrupt.
ReplyDeleteI just find his behaviour BIZARRE; and that includes the way he speaks.
DeleteLet’s just hope that the Republicans get clobbered in the mid terms! I cannot understand people who support him. There is little point in engaging with his supporters as they just use the lazy “TDS” response.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the UK purchasing fuel that has originated in Russia but has been refined in another country, you will be pleased to know the Starmer government voted to phase that look hole that Johnson introduced.
No-one speaks about it here, so we can't blame anyone of hypocrisy. That ONE good thing!
DeleteTrump seems incapable of understanding the fact that Putin ordered the invasion of a sovereign nation with ideas of re-establishing the old Soviet Union. Trump has never given Ukraine the full-blooded support that it required and that has allowed Putin to exploit the situation and press on with his "military operation". The amount of diesel that Russia could provide is minimal. Trump has made this move because he thinks it might help to thwart the thrashing he is expected to receive in the US mid-term elections. As always, it is all about him and his ego.
ReplyDeleteI will never forget how rude he was to Zelenskyy in the White House. Inexcusable.
DeleteTrump and his gang cornered President Zelensky that day when they should have been bowing their heads and applauding him. Of course Trump was a draft dodger so he doesn't really know what it means to fight for your country.
DeleteIt’s interesting how often Trump’s bone spurs come up but not Biden’s asthma and the steps Bush and Clinton took to avoid the draft. Though, to be honest, I reckon I would have been across the 49th parallel as quick as a rat out of a drain pipe than fight in such a deeply flawed war.
DeleteWe've known in the US for quite a while that Trump is a Russian operative. This is not new, but glad to hear it's sinking in elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteWell, I suppose that if the USA, Russia, and China were to become best-buddies, it might prevent any future warfare. Or is that just wishful thinking?
Delete