How Trump and Vance Kneel Before Putin

Trump and Vance have so thoroughly debased themselves before Putin that their foreign policy now resembles little more than a concierge service for the Kremlin’s geopolitical ambitions.

If there remained any illusion that Donald Trump and his enablers, like Vice President J.D. Vance, represented the interests of democracy and freedom, their Oval Office confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dispelled it. What should have been a moment of measured diplomacy instead morphed into a showcase of arrogance, ignorance, and outright hostility toward a leader who has stood as the last line of defense between Russian aggression and the security of Europe. It was a display so shameful, so steeped in moral cowardice, that it will be remembered as one of the lowest points in American foreign policy.

President Zelensky arrived in Washington not to beg but to remind the so-called leader of the free world that democracy is on fire. He stood there as the commander of a nation whose very survival hangs in the balance, whose soldiers are not afforded the luxury of retreating to their ocean-guarded homeland. And yet, he was met not with solidarity or gratitude, but…