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America's cold shame in Ukraine -- Sabrina Haake
https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/wearing-americas-shame-over-ukraineAn excellent post touching on the many connections between trump and the russian dictator.
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A monster tries to freeze a nation
On February 10, 2026, over half the residents of Ukraine woke up to one of the coldest winters on record with no heat, no electricity, and no water. Ukrainians are fighting climate change and a Russian invasion at the same time, both driven by evil and greed.
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An American president celebrates a war criminal
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Putin, in short, is a notorious war criminal, an international pariah despised by leaders of the free world. So on January 28, 2026, when Trump installed a framed photo of Putin standing side by side with Trump in America's White House, the collective response was outrage.
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Trump and Putin: Get a room
"Dear Americans, your president just put up a photo in the White House of himself and the biggest war criminal of the 21st century, the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. It is 'perfectly' timed to mark that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is about to enter its fifth year. Do you understand the feeling this provokes in Ukraine? In Europe? 10 million Ukrainians have been forced to run away from their homes, maybe 200,000 have been killed - and your country celebrates the monster responsible?"
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Trump's love for Putin was never free
In the late 1990s, after US banks stopped lending money to the Trump Organization due to its repeated bankruptcies, Trump sought and obtained alternative financing from Russian sources. Since then, his financial ties to former Russian apparatchiks have only grown.
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For his part, KGB trained Putin knows how to play Trump like a cheap instrument: through flattery. In October, when Putin complimented Trump's ability to "solve complex problems" and fix "crises that last for decades," Trump posted a video of Putin's praise, writing, "Thank you to President Putin!"
. . .
A monster tries to freeze a nation
On February 10, 2026, over half the residents of Ukraine woke up to one of the coldest winters on record with no heat, no electricity, and no water. Ukrainians are fighting climate change and a Russian invasion at the same time, both driven by evil and greed.
. . .
An American president celebrates a war criminal
. . .
Putin, in short, is a notorious war criminal, an international pariah despised by leaders of the free world. So on January 28, 2026, when Trump installed a framed photo of Putin standing side by side with Trump in America's White House, the collective response was outrage.
. . .
Trump and Putin: Get a room
"Dear Americans, your president just put up a photo in the White House of himself and the biggest war criminal of the 21st century, the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. It is 'perfectly' timed to mark that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is about to enter its fifth year. Do you understand the feeling this provokes in Ukraine? In Europe? 10 million Ukrainians have been forced to run away from their homes, maybe 200,000 have been killed - and your country celebrates the monster responsible?"
. . .
Trump's love for Putin was never free
In the late 1990s, after US banks stopped lending money to the Trump Organization due to its repeated bankruptcies, Trump sought and obtained alternative financing from Russian sources. Since then, his financial ties to former Russian apparatchiks have only grown.
. . .
For his part, KGB trained Putin knows how to play Trump like a cheap instrument: through flattery. In October, when Putin complimented Trump's ability to "solve complex problems" and fix "crises that last for decades," Trump posted a video of Putin's praise, writing, "Thank you to President Putin!"
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