Ukraine is a Swindle

I should have written this sooner. That’s on me.
It was too obvious—so obvious it felt redundant to spell it out. trump’s loyalties on Ukraine, his deference to Putin, his whole flailing mess of contradictions... I figured it didn’t need repeating.

But I was wrong. Because we’re still here—years in—and too many people, including the press, are still treating this like some kind of puzzle.

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So, let’s be clear:

Of course he has a fixed position. He is Putin’s man.

The swinging back and forth isn’t confusion—it’s cover.
One day he praises Zelensky. The next, he calls Ukraine corrupt and floats letting Putin “take a little bit.” Then NATO is the real villain. Then Biden. Then, briefly, Russia—just enough to muddy the trail. He pretends to blame them occasionally, just to keep the illusion of independence alive.

But that’s not contradiction. That’s camouflage.

The zigzagging is the swindle. The contradictions are the product.
This isn’t improvisation—it’s disorientation by design.

He floods the zone with shit—a tactic proudly outlined by Steve Bannon. If you bury the truth in noise, you don’t have to defend your actions. You just keep people arguing over what he meant, while forgetting what he did.

And what he did—repeatedly—is serve the interests of a hostile foreign power.

Let’s not forget he tried to extort Ukraine. That “perfect call” was a mafia-style shakedown. Military aid for political dirt. That should’ve ended him. Instead, it became just another blurred frame in a nation that’s overwhelmed.

Since then, the pattern hasn’t shifted—it’s calcified.
— He echoes Kremlin propaganda
— Undermines NATO
— Attacks American intelligence
— Flatters autocrats
— Publicly sides with Putin while claiming he’s “tough on Russia”

It’s political theater. Badly lit, poorly scripted, but effective.
He blames Russia one moment so he can serve it the next.
And the press? Still chasing the plot like its season four of a spy thriller.

But this isn’t fiction. It’s a Manchurian moment in real time. And we’re the ones sleepwalking through it.

So yes, when the moment comes, he will abandon Ukraine.
It’s always been clear.

He’ll say we’re doing too much. He’ll say Europe needs to step up. He’ll wave the flag and sell the knife in Ukraine’s back as a peace offering.

He’ll call surrender strategy.
He’ll call betrayal strength.
And people will cheer because the chaos worked.

This isn’t foreign policy.
It’s treason.

The tragedy is that it’s all so obvious.
The catastrophe is that we’re still treating it like a mystery.

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