Trudy Rubin
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In his UN speech, Trump’s gushing self-praise could not disguise his foreign policy failures (opens the original)
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The scariest thing about President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was not the wild exaggerations, false claims or disgusting slurs against (truthful) critics. That all has become par for the course and was to be expected. Far more terrifying was the distinct possibility that the president believed his delusional description of his alleged triumphs — in the Iran war, in bringing peace to the Middle East and the world, and in pursuit of victory in an unbou
Kyiv has the tech brilliance to force Russia to the table — if Trump would stop backing the Kremlin (opens the original)
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KYIV, Ukraine — It’s not easy to get to Ukraine, where the airports have long been closed and where Russia is now targeting the country’s essential railway network, hitting tracks and destroying hundreds of locomotives. On my sixth visit since 2022, I decided to fly to neighboring Moldova and taxi across the border, even though Moscow has been striking the crossings. Just after I entered the country, a Russian drone zeroed in on another international transit point just 30 minutes away, one which
Trump’s Ukraine negotiators are too chicken to visit Kyiv and support its independence (opens the original)
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By Trudy Rubin, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) There were two noticeable no-shows as Western leaders gathered Monday to mark the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence — and its five years of resistance to Vladimir Putin’s effort to resubjugate the country to Russian rule. There were multiple news reports that President Donald Trump’s clueless peace envoys — son-in-law Jared Kushner and real estate magnate Steve Witkoff — might finally join European allies at anniversary ceremonies. I say “
At Ankara summit, tantrums aside, Trump finally awakens to Ukraine’s tech brilliance (opens the original)
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When dealing with President Donald Trump at a NATO summit, the European allies resemble desperate adults hovering around an unruly child who is clutching fireworks and matches. So it was a relief that, despite his usual juvenile tantrums and threats at last week’s Ankara, Turkey, gathering — and his erratic behavior toward Iran — the president mostly kept his powder dry. Indeed, POTUS had an unprecedented adult moment with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump finally recognized Kyiv’s
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