Zelenky stood in front of the American government, in the seat of our democracy, and thanked our entire nation. Every farmer, teacher, engineer, nurse, and cop. Thanked us on behalf of his entire country. youtu.be/7gjwlCe5T6M?...

Capitulation does not work against that mindset. You give a pound of flesh, he will try to take five. You have to know what you stand for and who stands with you. Ukraine and Europe need to determine how they can survive not only without the US, but with the US at best neutral at worst adversarial

This mirrors how Trump governs at home. If you believe in any values proposition, if you are vulnerable in any way, if you don't serve a particular interest of his, you aren't just disposable - you are the enemy.

The US is now on the side of the big, autocratic, nationalist countries against the democracies. A world of transaction, drained of values, in which might makes right if you are big and the small are expected to capitulate.

History will not be kind to those who are helping him, especially those who call themselves Reagan Republicans while they pretend not to see what’s happening.

He's never worked a day in government.

Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?

Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?

Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?

He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.

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