Since starting his second term as President, Mr. Trump has given little support to Ukraine - far less than either Denmark or Sweden or Britain. He has pretended to seek a negotiated peace, but his negotiators have spent more time talking with Russia than with Ukraine. Mr. Trump has even adopted Russian talking points.
All that has been clear for some time. Now, however, Mr. Trump has openly taken sides, choosing to break the sanctions imposed by the US Congress, and support Russia economically. He has also chosen to buy diesel fuel from Russia.
One wonders at the timing of this decision. It is two weeks before the midterm elections. Most Americans do not support Putin. It is difficult to see this as a way to garner more votes for the Republicans. The more logical explanation is that Trump would like to provoke protests so he can send in troops to quell the unrest and then try to stop the elections from being held at all. But there may not be any rational explanation.
Meanwhile, Putin is supporting the Iranians against the US in its war with Iran. Russia has engaged in repeated hydrid war attacks on the United States and its European allies. Making a deal withMoscow right now looks a lot like treason. He is giving aid and comfort to Russia. The Constitution states the following:
Article III
Section 3, Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
Is Trump giving "aid and comfort" to Russia? I leave the reader to ponder this issue, and suggest the following two readings.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies concluded in 2025 that
"Russia is engaged in an aggressive campaign of subversion and sabotage against European and U.S. targets, which complement Russia’s brutal conventional war in Ukraine. The number of Russian attacks in Europe nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024, after quadrupling between 2022 and 2023."
"Russia is engaged in an aggressive campaign of subversion and sabotage against European and U.S. targets, which complement Russia’s brutal conventional war in Ukraine. The number of Russian attacks in Europe nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024, after quadrupling between 2022 and 2023."
NATO declared in September, 2025, "Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have fundamentally changed the security environment in Europe, and its hostile actions towards NATO members and partners – including airspace violations, cyber attacks and acts of sabotage – are increasing in frequency. NATO has responded by significantly strengthening its readiness to protect and defend all Allies"
There are many other sources one might cite, but Russia would seem to be an enemy.
First through inaction and now through treachery, Trump has ensured the deaths of thousands of Ukrainians, many of them women and children. He now has threatened the peace of Europe and on his biography he has written his name in blood.
