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President Trump announced that a meeting with Russian President Putin will happen in Alaska on August 15. There are conflicting reports about whether or not Ukrainian President Zelensky was invited and he is throwing a fit about it on X.
He complained that Alaska is “very far away from this war, which is raging on our land, against our people, and which anyway can’t be ended without us, without Ukraine.”
Funny how the distance wasn’t a problem when he flew to Canada, Washington D.C., Asia, the Middle East, and South Africa to hustle more money for the war — but Alaska is suddenly too far? You’d think the guy has enough frequent flyer miles to get there for free.
European leaders expressed support for the U.S.-led peace talks with their usual caveats: “Ukraine has the freedom of choice over its own destiny.”
They do. But they don’t have the right to keep the war going with other people’s weapons and money. U.S. Vice President JD Vance said this weekend that the U.S. is done funding this war and if Europe wants it so badly, they can step in and fund it.
We’ve heard that line before. No leader has actually pulled the plug. Do they mean it this time?