Victor Davis Hanson
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There were still 9 or 10 countries in NATO that would not invest 2% of their GDP. And then things started to get very weird. The Ukrainian ambassador in 2016 had written an op-ed during the election attacking Trump, candidate Trump. We all remember Alexander Vindman, the U.S. dual citizen. He was U.S. and Ukrainian citizen that was offered the Ministry of Defense.
There were still 9 or 10 countries in NATO that would not invest 2% of their GDP. And then things started to get very weird. The Ukrainian ambassador in 2016 had written an op-ed during the election attacking Trump, candidate Trump. We all remember Alexander Vindman, the U.S. dual citizen. He was U.S. and Ukrainian citizen that was offered the Ministry of Defense.
There were still 9 or 10 countries in NATO that would not invest 2% of their GDP. And then things started to get very weird. The Ukrainian ambassador in 2016 had written an op-ed during the election attacking Trump, candidate Trump. We all remember Alexander Vindman, the U.S. dual citizen. He was U.S. and Ukrainian citizen that was offered the Ministry of Defense.
He engineered, he broke the rules and disclosed a classified private call between Zelensky and Trump, magnified it, got Mr. Saramella, the person who never heard the call, cooked it up with Adam Schiff and impeached Trump. If that wasn't enough... In September, right at the height of the campaign, Pennsylvania is a swing state.
He engineered, he broke the rules and disclosed a classified private call between Zelensky and Trump, magnified it, got Mr. Saramella, the person who never heard the call, cooked it up with Adam Schiff and impeached Trump. If that wasn't enough... In September, right at the height of the campaign, Pennsylvania is a swing state.
He engineered, he broke the rules and disclosed a classified private call between Zelensky and Trump, magnified it, got Mr. Saramella, the person who never heard the call, cooked it up with Adam Schiff and impeached Trump. If that wasn't enough... In September, right at the height of the campaign, Pennsylvania is a swing state.
Joe Biden, who is now abdicated for Kamala Harris, tries to get her elected by flying in on a C-17, Mr. Voldemort Zelensky. And where does he go? He goes to old Joe Biden's hangout in Scranton, Pennsylvania. And where does he go? He goes to a munitions plant. And with whom is he with? Josh Shapiro and the Democratic cadre. And what does he say? That these jobs are essential, i.e. be making shells.
Joe Biden, who is now abdicated for Kamala Harris, tries to get her elected by flying in on a C-17, Mr. Voldemort Zelensky. And where does he go? He goes to old Joe Biden's hangout in Scranton, Pennsylvania. And where does he go? He goes to a munitions plant. And with whom is he with? Josh Shapiro and the Democratic cadre. And what does he say? That these jobs are essential, i.e. be making shells.
Joe Biden, who is now abdicated for Kamala Harris, tries to get her elected by flying in on a C-17, Mr. Voldemort Zelensky. And where does he go? He goes to old Joe Biden's hangout in Scranton, Pennsylvania. And where does he go? He goes to a munitions plant. And with whom is he with? Josh Shapiro and the Democratic cadre. And what does he say? That these jobs are essential, i.e. be making shells.
And the subtext is, if you vote for Trump, he'll cut off aid and you'll be out of a job. He was interfering in U.S. elections. So he had no goodwill from Trump. take a pause. And then we had a recent controversy. Um, I'll be very quick. And I was, I was in a car and the editors at free press asked me to comment on it. So I wrote the, I stayed up till 1230 that night and wrote the first draft.
And the subtext is, if you vote for Trump, he'll cut off aid and you'll be out of a job. He was interfering in U.S. elections. So he had no goodwill from Trump. take a pause. And then we had a recent controversy. Um, I'll be very quick. And I was, I was in a car and the editors at free press asked me to comment on it. So I wrote the, I stayed up till 1230 that night and wrote the first draft.
And the subtext is, if you vote for Trump, he'll cut off aid and you'll be out of a job. He was interfering in U.S. elections. So he had no goodwill from Trump. take a pause. And then we had a recent controversy. Um, I'll be very quick. And I was, I was in a car and the editors at free press asked me to comment on it. So I wrote the, I stayed up till 1230 that night and wrote the first draft.
But, um, This was this past week. J.D. Vance. So, Neil Ferguson, my colleague, a good friend, a wonderful historian, he tweeted when Donald Trump... said that Zelensky was a dictator and then wrongly said that โ he didn't say invade. He said that Zelensky started the war, and I explained why he said that. I would go back just for a second.
But, um, This was this past week. J.D. Vance. So, Neil Ferguson, my colleague, a good friend, a wonderful historian, he tweeted when Donald Trump... said that Zelensky was a dictator and then wrongly said that โ he didn't say invade. He said that Zelensky started the war, and I explained why he said that. I would go back just for a second.
But, um, This was this past week. J.D. Vance. So, Neil Ferguson, my colleague, a good friend, a wonderful historian, he tweeted when Donald Trump... said that Zelensky was a dictator and then wrongly said that โ he didn't say invade. He said that Zelensky started the war, and I explained why he said that. I would go back just for a second.
In March, two months after the salvation, the saving of Kiev, there was a peace agreement, peace negotiation. And word leaked out that the Russians might have been willing โ to cut a deal on circumstances that today look pretty good.
In March, two months after the salvation, the saving of Kiev, there was a peace agreement, peace negotiation. And word leaked out that the Russians might have been willing โ to cut a deal on circumstances that today look pretty good.
In March, two months after the salvation, the saving of Kiev, there was a peace agreement, peace negotiation. And word leaked out that the Russians might have been willing โ to cut a deal on circumstances that today look pretty good.
But at the time, Zelensky thought he was going to be in NATO and they were going to get him out of Crimea and the Donbas, in which they had been there for, at that time, about eight years. And so Trump's view as well, you started it because you could have ended it with a negotiation. I don't know if that's true or not. But my point is this is then Neil Ferguson wrote, how dare Trump?
But at the time, Zelensky thought he was going to be in NATO and they were going to get him out of Crimea and the Donbas, in which they had been there for, at that time, about eight years. And so Trump's view as well, you started it because you could have ended it with a negotiation. I don't know if that's true or not. But my point is this is then Neil Ferguson wrote, how dare Trump?