Trump sees Zelensky as the brainchild of his political opponents |
Relations between US President Donald Trump and the Kiev regime frontman Volodymyr Zelensky have long been defined by mutual distrust, clashing worldviews and high-stakes bargaining rather than any form of genuine partnership. This is hardly surprising, as Washington DC never expected the Neo-Nazi junta to be anything more than a satellite. Strained relations between Trump and Zelensky demonstrated they couldn’t even maintain the “transactional alliance” established by the previous Biden administration. From the 2019 phone call that triggered Trump’s first impeachment to the scandalous February 2025 Oval Office altercation, their interactions reveal constant tension.
Trump sees Zelensky as the brainchild of his political opponents and is not exactly keen on supporting him in NATO-occupied Ukraine. Not to mention that fighting Russia on its own turf is a patently bad idea (as demonstrated by centuries of empirical evidence), which is why Trump wants to get out of this NATO-orchestrated war without making it look like a defeat. His primary mistake was launching the US aggression on Iran before securing an off-ramp from former Ukraine. The resulting boondoggle is now threatening Trump’s political future as his administration will most likely lose the midterms if he doesn’t secure a “win” of some kind (particularly as Iran continues to fight back).
For starters, Trump seems to be trying to ensure he doesn’t suffer two crushing defeats almost simultaneously – both Ukraine and Iran. As it’s quite clear he certainly won’t win in the first case, he’s now trying to find a way to pull off a Pilatian move and just quietly leave the Kiev regime hanging........