LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #878, Wednesday, (02/19/2025)
"End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump have been locked in a war of words (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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The free world is up in arms! Uh, WHO is the dictator? It’s not Zelenskyy, for sure. Trump is backing Putin and the Kremlin against Ukraine in this Russia/Ukraine war and is outright lying about who started the war, why it began, and is attacking Zelenskyy and Ukraine as the bad guys. This is precisely what I feared but expected and Trump has left the free world out in the cold in order to pacify Putin and give the Ukraine back to Russia.
To put this in perspective, Trump is, perhaps intentionally, creating a potential nuclear World War III by his actions and words, and Britain, France, and other NATO European nations will not stand for such an incredible Trump/United States support of Putin and Russia that now seriously threatens the entire world. ~llaw
I have posted a link to the entire catastrophic mess that Trump has created so that anyone who is concerned can read it all until they can’t stand anymore of it any longer. The Downing Street article posted just below is just one of several leading up t this one. Here is the link to them all:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2016345/ukraine-live-donald-trump-demand-elections-putin
Downing Street breaks silence after Donald Trump brands Volodymyr Zelensky a 'dictator'
US president Donald Trump sparked fury after branding the Ukrainian leader a "dictator without elections", adding that Kyiv had started the war
By Michael Knowles, Home Affairs and Defence Editor
20:36, Wed, Feb 19, 2025 | UPDATED: 20:46, Wed, Feb 19, 2025
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British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and spoke to Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump's remarks (Image: AP)
Sir Keir Starmer told Volodymyr Zelensky it was “perfectly reasonable to suspend elections” during Vladimir Putin’s bloodthirsty invasion of Ukraine.
US president Donald Trump sparked fury after branding the Ukrainian leader a “dictator without elections”, claiming Kyiv had started the war.
Mr Trump added that the Ukrainian leader had done a “terrible job”, saying he needed to “move fast or he is not going to have a country left”.
A Downing Street spokesman said: “The Prime Minister spoke to President Zelensky this evening and stressed the need for everyone to work together.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump have been locked in a war of words (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
“The Prime Minister expressed his support for President Zelensky as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime, as the UK did during World War 2.
“The Prime Minister reiterated his support for the US-led efforts to get a lasting peace in Ukraine that deterred Russia from any future aggression.”
Mr Trump's comments have provoked a furious backlash, with politicians and military experts warning of “dangerous days” ahead.
A former head of the British Army, Lord Dannatt, warned: “Trump and Putin are trying to bully Zelensky into having an election in order to install a pro-Moscow president.”
John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, said: “Trump’s characterisations of Zelensky and Ukraine are some of the most shameful remarks ever made by a US president.
“Our support of Ukraine has never been about charity – our way of life at home depends on our strength abroad.”
In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump accused the Ukrainian leader of playing former US president Joe Biden "like a fiddle".
"He refuses to have elections, is very low in Ukrainian polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden 'like a fiddle'," Mr Trump said.
"A dictator without elections, Zelensky better move fast or he is not going to have a country left.
"In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end to the war with Russia, something all admit only 'Trump', and the Trump administration can do."
Mr Trump also said Europe "has failed to bring peace".
Mr Zelensky was elected as president of Ukraine in May 2019. Elections were previously scheduled for 2024, but they were not held as a result of martial law being in place.
Former foreign secretary James Cleverly said: “The USA is a friend and ally. But we must be honest and courageous when we disagree.
“President Trump is wrong about President Zelensky and Ukraine and the Foreign Secretary should say so, his silence is deafening.
“The UK and USA must send the message that we don’t let tyrants win.”
Bob Seely, a former member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said: “What Trump said is untrue, and frankly he is just repeating Russian dictator Putin’s lines.
“Trump seems to be psychologically under Putin’s influence. Why? This is a disaster for the UK, for Europe, for Ukraine and the US. Much more of this and Trump is going to destroy US moral and political leadership in place for the last 70 years.
“Ever since World War 2, the Russians (and now with Chinese support) have tried to break the link between the US and Europe. If this happens the Ukraine war will widen. Putin will attack NATO states in the Baltic. These are dangerous days.”
Tory MP Simon Hoare said: “Let’s say it unambiguously: Trump is an egotistical stranger to the truth and ignorant of history.
“He’s a menace to the world order. Ukraine was attacked. If Russia wants peace: put your guns down Putin and withdraw.
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