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Raymond de Souza: Why is Trump suddenly warming up to Ukraine?

It's unlikely that it was a factor of principles and morality

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy headed into his Tuesday meeting with President Donald Trump coming off a significant victory. Not on the battlefield, though that seems to be moderately turning in Ukraine’s favour, but in MAGA’s online world, to which Trump pays great attention.

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I did not realize, as I was writing my column on Ukraine last week, that Laura Loomer was sympathetically interviewing Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Loomer, who spews all sorts of online invective, is close to Trump.

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After years of parroting Russian propaganda, Loomer visited Ukraine last week and reversed her position on the war. She previously had Vice-President JD Vance’s position — he who is proudest of cutting off aid to Ukraine — though expressed in incendiary language, all the better to be a MAGA influencer and get privileged access to Trump. Apparently she spoke to him twice during the trip, and several times since her return.

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