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Just look at what he does, and ignore the noises coming out of his hamberder-hole. He's serving up everything Putin wants on a schlocky gold-plated platter.
In 2018, the Trump administration approved a landmark $47 million military sale of 210 Javelin missiles to Ukraine, marking the first time the U.S. provided lethal aid to the country. Additionally, in July of that year, the Pentagon released $200 million in security assistance to Ukraine.
In September 2018, President Trump signed into law a 2019 spending bill that included $250 million in Defense Department funding for direct military aid to Ukraine.
All of this came with strings attached, of course.
The Kushner/Witkoff draft proposal for a negotiated settlement between Russia and Ukraine included a provision that the United States would receive “50 percent of profits” from the “venture” of rebuilding Ukraine’s destroyed infrastructure. Their view seems to be that peace is an asset to be leveraged and maximized.
Further... BlackRock had been enlisted to help build a strategy for what President Volodymyr Zelensky has called an $800 billion “prosperity plan.”
The meeting, held at BlackRock’s headquarters, kick-started work on identifying funding sources and investment priorities, according to three officials familiar with the conversation, who requested anonymity to discuss a closed-door meeting. More details are expected to be unveiled this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
But in Kyiv and other European capitals, BlackRock’s role has generated more questions than answers, as the Trump administration steers plans for rebuilding Ukraine toward American business interests. Seven European and Ukrainian officials, who asked for anonymity to discuss sensitive talks, voiced doubts about BlackRock’s ability to attract the enormous investments envisioned. Some indicated that the firm’s involvement could turn away potential investors.
Crazy to think this is the shadowy hand of Vladimir Putin, when it has Trump's immediate family and biggest American donors with their fingerprints all over it.
@UnderpantsWeevil @phutatorius Drop a load of drones on their heads filled with large bottles of ketchup.