Jared Kushner, the greedy and amoral son-in-law of the corrupt and mentally ill Malignant Fascist is trying to strong-arm Ukraine into a capitulation that would benefit him and his real estate hustler Steve Witkoff. Neither have been approved by the Senate as U.S. representatives. From the Wall Street Journal:
"Ukraine’s military has paused its strikes against Russian oil refineries, people with knowledge of the operations said, after weeks of pressure from President Trump shook Kyiv’s confidence in U.S. support.
The unofficial pause, which is expected to last until after the U.S. midterm elections but potentially deeper into November, began early last week at the height of a crisis in U.S.-Ukrainian relations, the people said. Days earlier, Trump had called for the removal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX had limited Ukraine’s use of the Starlink satellite internet service.
Ukraine’s government hasn’t announced a pause in refinery strikes. Zelensky has said Ukraine wants more protection for its own energy infrastructure—which Russia has been systematically destroying with missile and drone attacks ahead of winter—in exchange for holding off. [snip]
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner repeated Trump’s demand to stop hitting Russian refineries at a meeting with Zelensky on Oct. 20 in Oslo, said two U.S. officials. One official described the conversation as 'very tough.'
Kushner, who joined the meeting remotely because of an illness, told Zelensky that he should pause the strikes because he and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff were dedicating a lot of time, energy, and jet fuel to mediating with Moscow, one of the U.S. officials said. A 30-day pause on refineries would be a way for Ukraine to show gratitude, that U.S. official said." (our emphasis)
"Show gratitude" for defending a fledgling democracy from a rapacious and evil Russian invasion? How far our foreign policy has been degraded under these Russian stooges. For years, Russian thug, former Soviet apparatchik, and war criminal Vladimir Putin has slammed the Western alliance and has pined for the days of the old Soviet Union, and has wanted to reconstitute the footprint of the Soviet Union, while maintaining its kleptocracy. Giving aid and comfort to the enemy -- and the Russian Federation has certainly declared itself to our decline -- is the Constitutional definition of treason.
It's past time to stand up to the monster Putin, and not kowtow like the MF is doing.
