Donald Trump was right on the money. As always. This whole Ukraine thing is their own fault. Why didn’t we see that? How could we be so sympathetic to their horrendous plight, their massive death toll, forced mass migration and the bombing of all those cities? When it was all Ukraine’s fault!! It was obvious, all along. In the great man’s words: “they should’a dunna deal 3 years ago, would’a saved all that ruination, all those lives…” And he’s right. All Zilenski had to do was stroll up to the 200,000 Russian soldiers massed on his border, fully armed, tanked up, droned to the max, loaded and cocked, and just say “hey, Comrades! Maybe we can do a deal!”

And then there’s the little question of ‘negotiation’ and ‘capitulation’. By just telling Putin that he can have everything he wants is not ‘negotiation’. It’s not ‘doing a deal’. It’s called getting screwed. Royally. And giving in. To the demands of a sociopathic, paranoid, land-grabbing dictator.

Trump said that ‘Europe’ will have to put some boots on the ground in Ukraine ‘after the peace’ (no presumptions in his world, then), but ‘Europe’ is not involved in the ‘peace talks’ (otherwise known as ‘Russia’s shopping list’). Nor, oddly, is Ukraine. Who will presumably be presented with the final shopping list for signing. Yup, there’s the land you’ve stolen, take a bit more, we’ll NEVER mention NATO…

Whereas Sergei Labrov, Russia’s foreign minister, and unquestionably ‘bastard number 2’, though I sort of like and admire his quirky, no nonsense style, but wouldn’t invite him for dinner, he said: ‘there must be NO troops in Ukraine from Europe or the US. That’s a red line” Oh.

Starmer’s already polishing the boots of our Marines in preparation, and has elected himself (no-one else would elect him; last time was enough for anyone) as the de facto ‘leader of all Europe’ in dealings with Trump. Which means however Trump capitulates to Putin, thus will Starmer capitulate to Trump. But there’s no-one else in Europe capable of being Trump’s lap-dog over here. Germany’s in election time, Spain doesn’t count and everyone hates Macron.

The problem is that Trump has validated Russia. Having been outcasts from the international community since they invaded, the US have now given them total acceptance and credibility. All those sanctions, all those Russian bank accounts frozen, all those football clubs sold off (well; Chelsea), all gone in a single misguided, incorrect and stupid sentence uttered from the Great Orange One, blessed be he.

Well my boots will be on the ground in Ukraine! Metaphorically speaking, obviously…

Happy Wednesday

A xxxx