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Streeting is wrong, Trump has proven that the US is no longer on Ukraine's side, writes Simon Marks

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22.10.2026

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Earlier today, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting assured LBC’s Political Editor Natasha Clark that despite all appearances to the contrary, and there are an enormous number of them, Donald Trump and his government really are still on the side of the good guys in the Ukraine war.

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But let's be serious, the United States is not trying to promote any kind of peace that might be acceptable to the Ukrainians.

They are promoting Vladimir Putin’s version of peace – which will see Ukraine permanently kiss goodbye to Crimea and substantial chunks of territory in the east of the country.

This would mean potentially stripping an independent........

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