Zelensky sacrificed a million of his people in exchange for promises from western politicians that they were never going to keep. From Ted Snider at antiwar.com:
As the recent Hague NATO summit opened, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte held a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Rutte told Zelensky that current decisions on Ukraine are “really building on Washington, the summit last year, where we decided there is this irreversible path for Ukraine into NATO.” He then offers the vague assurance that “we are building that bridge as we speak.” Rutte then added, “Of course, I cannot disclose anything about the summit declaration.”
Zelensky, as if not hearing that qualification, says, “the decision of Washington summit which been last year very important, important that this direction is not changing.”
Zelensky publicly maintains that the direction is not changing. But it has already changed. NATO has moved on; Zelensky has not. The irreversible path is reversing.
Zelensky went to the Hague still pushing for NATO membership. But NATO lacks the necessary unanimity to grant it, and U.S. President Trump has already ruled it out. The issue of Ukrainian membership in NATO was not even on this year’s NATO summit agenda.
Zelensky, who “was treated as a VIP” at every NATO summit since Russia’s invasion, was “relegated to the background,” according to The Washington Post. He “was not feted as in past years,” The New York Times agrees. “He was not even the center of attention.” As the summit approached, it was not even clear Zelensky would attend. He attended the official dinner for NATO leaders hosted by the King of the Netherlands but, this year, was not invited to attend the plenary sessions.
MIGA always comes first with Moshe Trumpstein.
Reading about Russia leaving Kiev smoldering in large attacks and in a call with DJT Putin said the SMO objectives are not negotiable.
Isn’t Trump the de facto ruler of NATO since we foot the bill?