Dictator, thief, puppet: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 3 strikes revealed



The mountain of lies about Ukraine is beginning to crumble under the weight of the truth. The media-crafted façade of Ukraine as a beacon of democracy — and Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the Winston Churchill of our time — is disintegrating. February’s disgraceful Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and the Ukrainian dictator revealed Zelenskyy’s true character.

After Trump made it clear that Ukraine would never join NATO, Zelenskyy responded with open defiance, vowing NATO membership would happen anyway. His message was clear: The war must go on — regardless of the cost to his people. From the beginning, NATO expansion into Ukraine has been the root provocation behind Russia’s so-called "special military operation."

The United States and NATO have waged a proxy war against Russia and for globalism.

This week, Zelenskyy removed any lingering doubt about his intent. He outright rejected President Trump’s peace proposal, effectively sabotaging any meaningful negotiation.

An illegitimate president

Retired Col. Douglas Macgregor recognized Zelenskyy’s role as a puppet early in the war — stunning mainstream media. He sees Zelenskyy as the “globalist enemy within” — undermining any chance for peace. To achieve the most direct path to peace, Macgregor has urged Trump to immediately stop all military and financial aid to Ukraine, dump Zelenskyy, and pull out all American personnel — in or out of uniform.

Zelenskyy’s term expired last May, but he canceled presidential elections to remain in power. Donald Trump has called out Zelenskyy as a “dictator without elections” — and that’s not even the half of it.

Zelenskyy has shut down all nongovernment-controlled media, banned opposition parties, jailed dissidents, and reportedly had critics kidnapped, tortured, or killed. He’s ordered thugs to snatch thousands of men off the streets and shove them into the trenches. He’s outlawed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, jailing its priests. Meanwhile, his government and military remain riddled with neo-Nazis — a fact the media refuses to address.

Zelenskyy also uses Ukrainian lawfare to lock up members of his own party when they speak out against his corruption.

Dissent silenced

Oleksandr Dubinsky was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament as a member of Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People Party. He is the only MP to speak out against the criminal regime. Dubinsky states, “I’m currently fighting a politically motivated case, filed by Zelensky's [sic] regime, to silence my criticism of his corruption, as well as the corruption of Soros-backed NGOs and the Bidens' connections to Burisma.” In November 2023, Dubinsky was arrested, charged with treason, and thrown into prison, where he remains awaiting trial. From his prison cell, Dubinsky has called for Zelenskyy’s impeachment and announced his intention to run for president — assuming elections are ever allowed again.

In a Kyiv courtroom in February, Dubinsky exposed the SBU, Zelenskyy’s secret police, for their brutal arrest, imprisonment, torture, and murder of American independent journalist Gonzalo Lira — whose only crime was criticizing both the Zelenskyy and Biden regimes.

In a remarkable prison interview, Norwegian scholar Glenn Diesen spoke with Dubinsky — who knows Zelenskyy well. In 2019, both men were allies when Zelenskyy ran as a peace candidate promising normalized relations with Russia. But Dubinsky broke ranks once Zelenskyy aligned with globalist interests, collaborated with the neo-Nazis, and embraced full-on corruption and criminality.

Dubinsky provides a deep insight into Zelenskyy’s motives and exactly who is pulling his strings. “Zelenskyy is the product of the efforts of globalist and liberal elites who saw the war in Ukraine as a tool to consolidate their own power,” Dubinsky said. “Ukraine has become the last stronghold of globalism and Zelenskyy is its figurehead.”

This war has never been about Ukraine. The United States and NATO have waged a proxy war against Russia and for globalism. The ultimate objective of the international globalists — and American neoconservatives — is to destroy and break up Russia. Dubinsky contends there is “no goal of securing Ukraine’s victory. The only objective is to prolong the war.” And their immediate goal? To “undermine President Trump’s peace initiatives.”

Thirty years ago, George Soros conjured up the sinister strategy of sacrificing European Slavs to fight a proxy war with Russia. “The combination of manpower from Eastern Europe with the technical capabilities of NATO,” he wrote, “reduce the risk of body bags for NATO countries.” In Ukraine, the globalists found Zelenskyy, who, for 30 pieces of silver, has obliged, filling NATO body bags with his countrymen.

Before entering politics, Zelenskyy’s day job was as a comedic television actor. Dubinsky, well-versed in Zelenskyy’s theatrics, noted that his Oval Office appearance in February — including his costume choice — was “a deliberate performance designed to sabotage negotiations.” Mission accomplished.

A neocon’s dream

The globalists and neocons set a trap. Trump walked into it — and now, he must walk back out.

I still believe Trump sincerely wants to disengage from Ukraine and bring peace. But if he allows American military and financial support of the Zelenskyy dictatorship to continue, any peace will be impossible. Since his inauguration, the president has talked about peace in Ukraine but has maintained the Biden status quo. That’s not going to cut it now.

Trump won because he was the peace candidate with a revolutionary anti-war, anti-globalist pledge: “There must ... be a complete commitment to dismantling the entire globalist neocon establishment that is perpetually dragging us into endless wars.” This was a bombshell. But as the initial shock of Trump’s victory has worn off and the commitment to dismantle the neocon establishment has not been acted upon, the “globalist neocon establishment” has regrouped and is back on the attack.

In Europe, Zelenskyy and his globalist masters in the European Union and NATO openly defy Trump, calling for a prolonged war and NATO membership for Ukraine. Here at home, neoconservatives at all levels of the military-industrial-congressional complex — and their mainstream media — openly undermine him.

In April, Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commander of U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee to report on the status of the war. In a profoundly dishonest presentation, Cavoli made a case for prolonging the war and avoiding a negotiated settlement.

Cavoli’s remarks were an inspiration to Zelenskyy and a slap in the face to Trump. The fact that he could defy and insult his commander in chief with total impunity reveals just how deeply entrenched the neocon power structure remains.

Dictator, thief, and globalist puppet

To save Ukraine — and his presidency — Trump must break free from the neocons and globalists once and for all and stop all aid to Ukraine.

People are beginning to understand who Zelenskyy really is. My previous essays made clear that he is a dictator and a thief. Now, we know that he is also a globalist puppet sabotaging peace in Ukraine. Three strikes, and you’re out.

No choice for Canadian voters when it comes to sending billions to Ukraine



Say what you will about Donald Trump — he knows how to drum up publicity. He's even managed to interest Americans in Canada’s upcoming federal election, now less than a week away.

The president's influence on the contest was all but guaranteed last month, when he made good on his threats to levy a 25% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum — with further duties on lumber and pharmaceuticals a possibility.

Despite his ostensible Canada-first outlook, Pierre Poilievre has been in lockstep with the Liberal government policy on Ukraine for over three years.

Prior to this movie, Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party was strongly favored to unseat the reigning Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau successor Mark Carney.

Not so today.

Agreeing to agree

The Liberals have benefited from a surge of Canadian antipathy toward Trump, to the extent that they now seem to be running more against the American president than the opposition Conservative Party — something that the American media has not failed to notice. For his part, Trump has actually endorsed Carney.

With the April 28 election looming, what has become a two-party race between Liberals and Conservatives remains close.

While the vote may serve as a referendum on Trump's economic policy, another issue has proven depressingly uncontroversial: support for Ukraine. For all of their differences, Canada's four major political parties all share a turgid and demented determination to continue to pour billions of dollars into the black hole of Kyiv.

This despite Trump’s repeated pledge to end the Russia-Ukraine war. While saying he could do it in a mere 24 hours may have been typical Trumpian hyperbole, it's clear that securing peace remains a priority for the president.

Biden's folly

One need only look at what happened under the previous administration to understand why. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a regular visitor to the Biden White House, always clad in his odd mixture of combat gear and activewear — and never leaving empty handed.

The engagement of U.S. and NATO military personnel alongside Ukrainian soldiers, as well as the use of American and British missiles to strike the Russian heartland, brought America perilously close to nuclear war with Russia. Seeing the horrible potential for a third world war, both Trump and then-Senator JD Vance urged caution and encouraged peace.

Incredibly, Canada seems not to have taken the hint.

Alone and outgunned

Even as Trump slowly but surely extricates the U.S. from supporting Ukraine and distances itself from NATO members who delusionally believe they can either take on Russia in a conventional war or somehow survive a nuclear one, Canadian political leaders talk about going it alone against Russia without America.

This is beyond ludicrous. Canada does not have a single operational tank left after giving all of its working Leopard models to Ukraine. It has yet to replenished the vast quantities of armaments it has given Ukraine; in fact, it is unable to do so. The U.K.’s military is also a shell of what it was, say, in 1982, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher went to war over the Falkland Islands.

Besides, the war is effectively over. Ukraine cannot continue to furnish more troops for the battlefield even if it continues to abduct recruits from the streets and bars. Anyone who advocates the continuation of the war is, knowingly or not, arguing for the killing of an entire generation of Ukrainians. It is a consummation that might have already occurred.

Not up for debate?

Canadians should demand to know why all four party leaders at the English-language leaders’ debate in Montreal last Thursday stood foursquare behind that policy.

Yes, such painful pandering should be expected from Carney, as well as Bloc Quebecois (separatist) chief Yves-Francois Blanchet and New Democratic Party boss Jagmeet Singh. But Poilievre?

Despite his ostensible Canada-first outlook, the politician has been in lockstep with the Liberal government policy on Ukraine for over three years.

When asked how a Conservative government would respond to Zelenskyy’s continued demands for money and armaments, Poilievre responded, “I believe we should continue to support Ukraine. Our party supported donating missiles that the Canadian military was decommissioning. We supported funds and other armaments to back the Ukrainians in the defense of their sovereignty.”

Knowing full well how unpopular this view is with his conservative base, Poilievre quickly tried to change the subject, emphasizing the need “to rebuild our own Canadian military, because the Russians want to make incursions into our waters."

"We'll be buying four massive Arctic ice breakers," Poilievre continued. "I'll be opening the first Arctic base since the Cold War in Canada, CFB, Iqaluit.”

Fleshing it out

That wasn’t good enough for the debate moderator, who pressed Poilievre to “put a little more flesh on the bone of what you think Canada could do for Ukraine.” His response:

My answer is that we should continue to support Ukraine. We don't need to follow the Americans in everything they do when they're wrong, then we will stand on our own and with other allies and with respect to Ukraine, that includes support with intelligence equipment, armaments, but it also includes defunding Putin. Right now, Vladimir Putin has a monopoly on the European energy market because, frankly, the liberals blocked exports of Canadian natural gas off the Atlantic coast. They blocked multiple projects. I would rapidly approve those projects on national security grounds, so that we can, we can actually ship Canadian natural gas over to Europe, break European dependence on Putin, defund the war, and turn dollars for dictators back into paychecks for our people.

Nice try, but it still adds up to flaky policy based on a perceived need to appease the Ukrainian-Canadian vote that is preponderant in many key constituencies across Canada — a vote that generally goes to the Liberals.

Poilievre's words may also alienate Conservatives to the point that they decide not to vote at all — or to give their vote to the one Canadian party that opposes aid to Ukraine: Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada.

Maxime effort

People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier campaigns in Edmonton April 18. NurPhoto/Getty Images

A libertarian alternative that has fielded candidates in every Canadian riding and could actually capture one or two this election, the PPC lacked the 5% share of national voters necessary to participate in the debate.

Nevertheless, Bernier continues to speak for all Canadians fed up with their country's involvement in this endless and expensive quagmire.

As he told Align:

The war in Ukraine is not a conflict between good and evil, or autocracy versus democracy. It’s a longstanding conflict over border territories between these two countries that has been amplified and turned into a proxy war by NATO and the imperialist warmongers in Washington and other western capitals.

It doesn’t concern Canada and we should have nothing to do with it. Russia is not our enemy. The only reason Canada is so involved is that the establishment parties are pandering to Canadians of Ukrainian descent.

It's a message that deserves a wider hearing and could resonate with Canadians fed up with the endless and expensive quagmire.

FACT CHECK: No, Outlet Did Not Report 70,000 Ukrainian Troops Died In Kursk

A post shared on X claims a British outlet reported 70,000 Ukrainian troops died in Kursk. UK Newspaper says 70,000 Ukrainian Soldiers perished in Kursk. Seems awfully high, no? pic.twitter.com/YBYPfGFCN0 — DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) March 15, 2025 Verdict: False There is no evidence that this outlet reported this. There is no evidence that 70,000 Ukrainian troops died […]

Weaponized morality: Don't fall victim to leftist bully tactics on Ukraine



Do not be fooled: The left's favorite talking point about the Ukraine-Russia war is not designed to promote truth, justice, or morality. It's meant to silence you into submission.

For years, the left has accused President Trump of being an agent of Moscow, the puppet of Vladimir Putin. It's not true, of course, but Democrats never let the truth stand in the way of a good narrative. After Trump's Oval Office blow-up with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month, Trump's critics once again regurgitated this trite — and still false — accusation.

Assessing the morality of the war requires us to face reality.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) claimed that the White House under Trump is “an arm of the Kremlin.” Axios accused Trump of enacting a "string of Putin-friendly moves," while Vox claimed that “Trump’s embrace of Putin is different this time.” Democrat James Carville even suggested that Trump pushed for a ceasefire to help Putin “regroup.”

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

This accusation, however, isn't only directed at Trump; it's meant for any American who sees the Ukraine quagmire through the lens of reality.

If you don't enthusiastically support Ukraine, or you oppose continued American funding of the war, or question the dominant narrative about Ukraine, Russia, and Zelenskyy, you are labeled a "pro-Putin" apologist.

It's a leftist tactic — now used by bad-faith critics across the political spectrum — meant to bully you into silence for questioning the approved narrative.

Morality, weaponized

The cohort that demands total support for Ukraine wants you to believe the war is an existential battle between good and evil and for the preservation of freedom (i.e. "democracy").

Ironically, much of this cohort traditionally opposed American intervention in foreign wars. What changed?

Framing the Ukraine war as an existential battle that demands American support — if you are on the side of "good" and "democracy," anyway — is not proof of sudden trust in the U.S. war machine. Rather, it's a change in how moral authority is wielded. By their logic, anyone who does not give their complete support to Ukraine is an enemy of (their) progress.

Clearly, this "moral authority" is not fixed in objective reality. Instead, it's conveniently selective, and it perfectly aligns with the left's political objectives.

Moreover, framing support for Ukraine as a moral and existential issue — and declaring objectors to be pro-Kremlin authoritarian stooges — is an intellectually dishonest false binary.

It moves the goalposts and neglects the real and legitimate concerns about the war, including:

  • The risk of escalating a proxy war with a nuclear-armed power.
  • The financial cost to American taxpayers.
  • The strategic benefit of prolonging a war that, currently, has no end in sight.
  • The corruption and other anti-democratic allegations against Ukraine.
  • The fact that American support for Ukraine, to this point, has not yielded a positive outcome.
  • The human cost of prolonging the war.

The true moral cost of the war is counted in human lives. While the exact number of casualties remains a secret, the human toll of the war is likely calculated in hundreds of thousands of dead and injured soldiers. And if you consider refugees and other innocent displaced people, that figure rises into the millions.

If the pro-Ukrainian cohort were truly concerned about morality, they would demand an immediate end to the war and seek the most realistic path to stop the fighting — not cheer for it to continue under the guise of "justice" and "democracy."

Reality is complicated

Don't get me wrong: Russia is responsible for the war because it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

But geopolitics do not happen in a vacuum.

Why this war happened at all is a complicated matter beyond my expertise, but the truth about the war and how to move forward is not found in the black-and-white narrative the media, Democrats, and the pro-Ukraine cohort have pushed for three years. To understand the war on its own terms requires acknowledgment that history in that part of the world is complicated and that neither the United States nor NATO are innocent.

The only way to bring the war to an end is to grapple with this complicated reality. Unfortunately, not everyone is willing to face the facts as they exist.

Russell Moore, editor of Christianity Today, frames support for Ukraine in highly biblical and moral terms, suggesting that not supporting Ukraine's continued resistance (i.e., prolonging the war) is akin to being the wicked King Ahab or Cain, the Bible's first murderer.

"Who would you rather be, Naboth or Ahab? Abel or Cain?" Moore recently wrote. "The answer to these questions might not solve the war in Europe, but it will reveal something about you."

Moore even argued that one of the "most dangerous" arguments about the war is "the suggestion that Ukraine is fated to lose."

This argument is a textbook example of emotional blackmail, one that refuses to grapple with truth.

But it's clear today, as it has been for several years now, that prolonged fighting is not going end the war. Assessing the morality of the war, therefore, requires us to face reality.

R.R. Reno, writing about the war as it stands today, said it best:

I return to the moral principles of just war. Among them is the following: It is immoral to unleash the violence of war when objectives cannot be achieved, however just those objectives may be. The Ukrainian army is unable to bring an end to hostilities by achieving victory. The nations of the West are unwilling to enter the fray with sufficient force and commitment. These seem to be indisputable facts. Moral reasoning must reckon with realities. Trump’s thinking is far removed from reflection on just war theory. But he is acknowledging reality and taking the steps necessary to put an end to a war that cannot be won.

Americans — and Christians, especially — should heed Reno's sobering analysis. Otherwise, America will continue to support a war that, at present, has no clear end in sight.

We must continue to question with boldness, not giving blind allegiance to the dominant narrative about the war. And we must refuse to be bullied into silence when we question that narrative.

Democrats, the media, and the pro-Ukrainian cohort can weaponize morality all they want — but they don't own it. Shaming Americans and Christians for asking questions or not accepting their narrative doesn't make them right. The truth is that wanting the war to end doesn't make you "pro-Putin." Such a desire only means you are facing reality as it exists on the ground.

This war must end. The killing must stop. And no amount of emotional blackmail and name-calling will change that.

How Zelenskyy’s corruption robbed US taxpayers blind



Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a thief. Ukraine’s little dictator has overseen the misuse of billions in American taxpayer dollars — amassing a vast personal fortune while running arguably the most corrupt nation in Europe. Ukraine has become little more than an organized crime state.

Donald Trump and his America First team have long been aware of the depth of Zelenskyy’s venality, but his insulting, disrespectful, and churlish spectacle in the Oval Office revealed the truth of his intentions and behavior. Now, Trump “will lean into a Ukraine fraud probe,” shining the light on Zelenskyy’s serious crimes.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is an anti-American globalist puppet and thief who belongs in prison.

The DOGE is on the case, and Elon Musk has Zelenskyy’s number. Musk describes the dictator’s regime as a “massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers.”

The magnitude of the thievery is staggering. But the malfeasance by the warmongers in Congress and the mainstream media’s continual cover-ups have hidden the full extent of Ukraine’s corruption.

When the initial $60 billion for the globalist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine was being allocated, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) stood up for American taxpayers, proposing an inspector general and audit to track how military aid was being spent. But the warmongers shot them down. There would be no oversight, no accountability, and little reporting of the epic plunder that followed. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Cannon fodder and Reznikov eggs

Last month, Zelenskyy, while claiming that Ukraine had received just $75 billion of the $177 billion in U.S. aid, stated nonchalantly, "I don't know where all this money is." Here are a few places to look.

Early in the war, a now-censored CBS report revealed that due to theft and diversion to the black market, ”only 30%” of American equipment was reaching the front lines. Some of the weapons ended up in the hands of criminal gangs in Sweden and terrorists in Nigeria. Last year, the Pentagon admitted that it had failed to track $1 billion in weapons deliveries, mainly small arms — including Javelin and Stinger missiles — ideal for arms traffickers.

Ukrainian soldiers are cannon fodder. The Zelenskyy regime’s contempt for its troops is made apparent by how it spends — and steals — money.

In January 2024, executives from a Ukrainian arms company and officials from Zelenskyy’s defense ministry embezzled $40 million meant to buy 100,000 mortar shells. A retired Ukrainian general revealed that $207 million was grifted in purchasing hundreds of thousands of useless anti-tank mines produced during World War II — decades past their expiration date.

In January, American money bought hand grenades filled with cornmeal instead of explosives. In November, U.S. taxpayers paid for 100,000 Ukrainian-produced mortar shells that wouldn’t fire because they got stuck in the mortar barrels. In October, Kyiv’s defense minister acknowledged that 20% of all artillery ammunition fired by the Ukrainians failed to detonate.

Have you ever wondered why Ukrainian soldiers are freezing on the front lines? Zelenskyy’s cronies paid $86 million to the Ukrainian owner of a sham company in Turkey for 200,000 winter uniforms. The problem? They were actually summer uniforms, “unfit for their intended purpose as winter clothing” — and valued at only $29 million.

Ukraine’s corruption even touches the food distributed on the front lines. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov supplied the military with eggs purchased at three times the market price. "Reznikov eggs" has become the Ukrainian soldiers’ euphemism for corruption within their military.

Ukrainians are fed up

The vast majority of Ukrainians — 89% according to one survey — say that corruption is the country’s most serious problem after the war with Russia, and 94% believe corruption is pervasive across Ukraine. As many as 42% of Ukrainian households pay bribes to access public services, and 78% believe Zelenskyy is “directly responsible” for the corruption.

Recruitment officials pocket millions of dollars in bribes, allowing those with money to dodge military conscription. Meanwhile, men who can’t afford to pay are snatched off the street, thrown into frontline trenches, and shoved into the meat grinder. To evade service, 860,000 men have fled to the European Union, and 800,000 more are hiding in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy officials have stolen entire trainloads of civilian aid. According to a senior Zelenskyy adviser, people at the top are “stealing like there is no tomorrow.” To add insult to injury, American taxpayers pay the salaries and pensions of these crooks.

Leading by example

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports that Zelenskyy and his closest allies embezzled at least $400 million in a single year by skimming U.S. funds earmarked for procuring diesel fuel. An intelligence officer told Hersh, “Zelenskyy had been buying the [discount diesel] fuel from Russia … skimming untold millions from the American dollars earmarked for diesel fuel payments.”

The CIA grew concerned about the rampant corruption, so in January 2023, CIA Director William Burns met with Zelenskyy and his band of thieves in Kyiv to address the problem. Hersh described the meeting as a scene from “a 1950s mob movie.” He relates, “The senior generals and government officials in Kyiv were angry at what they saw as Zelenskyy’s greed … because he was taking a larger share of the skim money than was going to the generals.” Moreover, Hersh says the level of corruption in Ukraine is “approaching that of the Afghan war.”

Dead man walking

Even in the Ukrainian parliament — where Zelenskyy has banned 11 opposition parties — voices of dissent are finally being heard. Zelenskyy is finished.

Verkhovna Rada Deputy Alexander Dubinsky has called for Zelenskyy’s impeachment, blasting him for his authoritarian suppression of democracy, disastrous war policies, and public buffoonery.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is an anti-American globalist puppet and thief who belongs in prison. Trump should cut him loose, expose the fraud, and bring peace and democracy to Ukraine.

‘That’s To His Credit’: Former Obama Admin Official Lauds Trump For Potential Ceasefire In Ukraine

'He’s been able to negotiate the possibility of a clean cease fire'

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Ukraine accepts ceasefire deal, Rubio says



Ukrainian officials have reached a ceasefire agreement with the U.S. for 30 days and will try to get Russia to accept the deal, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Rubio made the announcement on Tuesday from Saudi Arabia, where he met with officials in order to hammer out the deal. Russia was not a part of those negotiations.

'The dying will stop, and the talks can begin about how to end this war permanently ...'

“I think today, Ukraine has taken a concrete step in that regard. We hope the Russians will reciprocate,” said Rubio. “Our hope is that the Russians will say yes, that they will also agree. So the shooting will stop. The killing will stop. The dying will stop, and the talks can begin about how to end this war permanently in a way that’s acceptable and enduring for both sides.”

The U.S. had temporarily suspended military aid as well as intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, but those will be restored after the deal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had gone to the White House in expectation of signing a minerals deal with President Donald Trump late last month, but that meeting exploded into a shouting match and ended with the Ukrainian president leaving without an agreement.

He has since apologized and thanked the U.S. for its support, something that Vice President JD Vance had demanded.

This is a developing story, and additional information may be added.

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Natalie Winters EXPOSES neocon warmongers stopping peace in Ukraine



The son of former U.S. diplomat Victoria Nuland has some explaining to do.

Nuland’s son, David Kagan, attempted to stop Zelenskyy from signing the rare-earth minerals deal with Trump to end the war in Ukraine.

“He’s listed as a researcher contributing to the Center for European Policy Analysis,” Natalie Winters, co-host and White House correspondent of “Steve Bannon’s War Room,” tells Jill Savage and Christopher Bedford on “Blaze News Tonight.”

“This shows you how it is not just a family grift, but it really is the Washington consensus,” Winters continues. “Everyone in the Nuland family makes a paycheck off of killing young American boys and girls in the name of democracy.”


Victoria Nuland was the third-highest-ranking U.S. diplomat and served as the undersecretary of state for political affairs from 2021 to 2024.

“Now we know that days before the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting that this group that her son is involved with, the Center for European Policy Analysis, was actively opposing a deal that could have eased tensions,” Savage comments.

Of course, ending the war in Ukraine would save countless lives — but that’s not at the top of these bureaucrats' minds.

“They do not care about the lives of young men, young women, young Americans. They just want to continue these forever wars, and they’ve identified Ukraine as sort of their next avenue to do that,” Winters comments, noting that in the case of the Nulands, this lack of care for human life seems to run in the family.

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JD Vance rips protesters for 'chasing' him, 3-year-old daughter



Vice President JD Vance was confronted near his Ohio home by a group of protesters over the weekend who questioned him about the war between Russia and Ukraine.

In a Saturday post on X, Vance slammed the demonstrators for "chasing" him while he was with his 3-year-old daughter.

'Selling them out!'

"Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of 'Slava Ukraini' protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared," Vance wrote. "I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed.)"

He added, "It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you're chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you're a s*** person."

— (@)

WCPO reported that the group of pro-Ukraine protesters were on their way to a nearby rally. Demonstrators held multi-day protests over the weekend, according to WKRC.

A video obtained by WCPO of Vance's exchange with the protesters showed the vice president responding to numerous questions and accusations.

"People are dying!" one woman shouted at Vance.

"We think it's in the best interest of our [own people] and frankly in the best interest of the Ukrainians for the war to stop," he responded.

Multiple protesters accused the Trump administration of betraying the Ukrainians.

"Selling them out!" one woman yelled repeatedly.

"With respect, ma'am, I disagree," Vance said. "I think that what we're doing is we're actually forcing a diplomatic settlement."

Protesters interrupted the vice president with more comments and questions, including accusing the administration of lacking integrity.

"It must be nice to go through life assuming that everybody who disagrees with you has no integrity," Vance responded.

When Vance announced he was ending the conversation after speaking with the protesters for roughly five minutes, one demonstrator insisted that he had "signed up for this job."

"That's what you agreed to," she added.

"Ma'am, I did not agree to have my 3-year-old — to have people run around and yell at her. And I did talk to you, and I had said, 'If I talk to you for a few minutes, will you leave my 3-year-old daughter alone?' And you said, 'Yes.' So I'd like you guys to respect that. Thank you all," Vance stated.

Ann Henry, the protester who shared the video with WCPO, told the news outlet that Vance misrepresented the exchange in his post on X.

"No one was chasing him," Henry said, claiming that the group spontaneously ran into the vice president.

"We all wanted it to be respectful and calm. We just really wanted to know what was really bothering us," she stated.

Henry credited Vance for speaking with them but added, "I just wish he wouldn't have characterized it the way he did on [X]."

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