Virulent US Russophobia hindering Trump from ending Ukraine war destroying Ukraine

 Virulent US Russophobia hindering Trump from ending Ukraine war destroying Ukraine 

Now that he's a Lame Duck with nothing to lose, President Trump should ignore the rampant Russophobia infesting US politics and end Russia's war in Ukraine. 

The war was provoked by Trump's predecessor Joe Biden in February 2022. It was a despicable foreign policy initiative, totally avoidable, that has consigned Ukraine to failed state status. Nearly five years on Ukraine is near collapse to further Biden's lust to complete the destruction of Russia as a viable rival to America for supremacy in Europe and beyond. 

Now upwards of seven million Ukrainians are fled, wounded or dead. They've lost over a fifth of their best land never to be returned. Capitol Kyiv is becoming unlivable and may be a ghost town this winter with no power to heat homes or businesses. 

After Biden squandered over $150 billion of our precious treasure to salvage his failed proxy war involving only Ukrainian blood, Trump signaled he'd end the war on day one of term two. But the Russophobes who control the levels of power in the national security state: the military, intelligence agencies, the weapons makers, war loving, anti-Russian academics, mainstream media, all ganged up to distract Trump from achieving his goal for 655 days now. 

Besides ferocious opposition from the Russophobes, Trump is bogged down in his lost criminal war in Iran that blew up the US economy and was the biggest factor in his massive congressional defeat Tuesday. 

But while he's completely paralyzed, unable to admit defeat in Iran to turn around the economy, he can end the Ukraine war with one phone call. He must ring up Ukraine President Zelensky and tell him all US support in weapons, intelligence, logistics, domestic aid is over. But Trump must go further and remove deep state officials working against his efforts to end the war. He must fire anyone in the CIA and military refusing orders to stop supporting Ukraine attacks on Russian oil and other Russian infrastructure. 

Without any further US support, Zelensky will be forced to end the war on Russia's sensible, non-negotiable terms. No NATO for Ukraine. Ukraine to be forever neutral between East and West, not a proxy puppet of the US to isolate Russia from Europe. No return of Donbas and adjacent oblasts. Security guarantees for the remaining Ukraine rump state. That is the best Ukraine can achieve short of complete destruction, which is what will occur if its end it not swiftly negotiated.   

Trump can do this unilaterally because Europe is essentially broke because they stupidly cut off cheap Russian energy when they joined Biden's crazed proxy war. Without US aid they cannot support Ukraine alone. European leaders are totally ut of touch with their people who want nothing to do with continuing their senseless, failed war destroying Ukraine. European leaders' approval ratings have tanked and they face removal from office by opponents promoting the people first. 

Russian President Putin is not the new Stalin or the new Hitler. Trump is not a Putin puppet or a traitor to Ukraine democracy. Ukraine betrayed democracy when they conspired with the US in 2014 for simply practicing Russian culture. They betrayed democracy when they believed joining NATO to weaken, isolate Russia from Europe was in their national interest. In doing so they've largely destroyed their country with no end in sight. 

In the US, the traitors to Ukraine democracy; indeed, Ukraine's very existence, are the US Russophobes ferociously promoting endless proxy war with Russia in Ukraine with the potential to go nuclear. Trump must ignore them and seek to end this madness forthwith. 

Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition, Glen Ellyn IL