Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The Art of the Heel: How Trump’s Team Made Betrayal a Foreign Policy Doctrine

Marco Rubio skipped peace talks not because of "logistics"—but because the only map he follows is the one that keeps him out of Putin’s bad books and deep in Trump’s favor. Meanwhile, JD Vance treats Ukrainian territory like spare change in a poker game with Putin—because to him, war crimes are just inconvenient headlines, not human tragedy.

Putin’s bombs are falling, but Trump’s team is busy dropping diplomatic duds. What should be a bold stand for global democracy has turned into a pathetic spectacle, starring dumb Marco Rubio and JD Vance playing ventriloquists to Donald Trump’s hollow foreign policy. These men are not representing American strength—they’re repackaging cowardice as strategy. Instead of standing with Ukraine, they’re shaming it. Instead of confronting Putin, they’re courting him.

Rubio skipped the London peace summit, citing “logistical issues,” but nobody’s buying that ticket. The real issue is moral logistics—he doesn’t know how to show up for what’s right. His absence reduced a serious international meeting into an awkward coffee break. Meanwhile, JD Vance, ever the loudmouth, was in India delivering ultimatums like he’s the godfather of bad deals: “Take the offer or we walk.” That’s not negotiation. That’s mafia theater with a passport.

How did we get here? How did the country that stood firm against Hitler now shrink from holding Putin accountable? Trump’s team is asking Ukraine to show “enthusiasm” for peace. Enthusiasm? That’s like asking a cancer patient to smile for chemo. Ukraine is bleeding, burying its children, and rebuilding its cities in the dark. But Trump, Rubio, and Vance are playing PR games, blaming the victim like it’s a communications issue, not a war.

They’re peddling a “peace plan” that looks more like Putin’s wish list. Trump’s envoy, Keith Kellogg, offers up Crimea on a platter and suggests freezing the war along current battle lines—as if Ukrainian land is just real estate up for auction. That’s not diplomacy. That’s appeasement in a suit and tie. The last time we let a tyrant nibble away at Europe’s borders, we got World War II. Have we learned nothing?

What’s worse is how gleefully they pressure Ukraine. They hound Zelensky to concede. They paint him as the roadblock to peace, not the man who’s kept his country alive through relentless bombardment. Meanwhile, Putin gets VIP treatment—envoys, proposals, negotiations—like he’s just another statesman. He’s not. He’s a butcher with a flag, and the fact that Trump can’t see that—or worse, doesn’t care—says everything.

While Britain and France try to steady the diplomatic boat, Trump rocks it with threats and pity offerings to Russia. Macron and Sunak want peace too, but they don’t want to reward genocide. Trump does. He calls that “smart power.” I call it what it is: surrender.

And let’s talk about JD Vance, shall we? This man reduces sovereign land to a bargaining chip. He suggests “territorial swaps” like he’s talking about baseball cards. There’s no empathy. No recognition of what Ukrainians have sacrificed. Just cold, transactional rhetoric designed to please the Kremlin. Crimea isn’t negotiable. It’s occupied. It’s stolen. And any deal that doesn’t start with “Get out” isn’t peace—it’s capitulation.

This isn’t leadership. It’s betrayal in a business suit. Every statement they make pushes the narrative that Ukraine should settle, should give in, should just stop fighting. What they ignore is that Ukraine isn’t only fighting for itself. It’s fighting for every small nation that could one day be swallowed by a bully with a bigger army. Ukraine’s fight is a line in the sand for the free world. And Trump wants to erase it.

This week alone, nine people died when a Russian drone struck a bus full of Ukrainian workers. Families shattered in an instant. Meanwhile, in Washington, Trump’s team argues over ceasefire terms like they’re debating tax policy. They act like war is just noise in the background. But for Ukrainians, it’s the soundtrack of survival.

Trump has turned American foreign policy into a joke—a tragic one. He sees Putin not as a threat but as a deal partner. A kindred spirit. And Rubio and Vance, rather than speak truth to power, parrot the party line like trained parrots in a golden cage. They’re not leading—they’re following. And the trail leads straight to Moscow.

The truth, of course, is simple. Russia invaded. Ukraine resisted. Full stop. But under Trump, that clarity gets twisted. Suddenly, Ukraine is “not cooperating.” Suddenly, Putin is “open to talks.” It’s revisionist diplomacy—gaslighting on a global scale. It’s like blaming a burning house for not handing over the deed fast enough.

Rubio and Vance have chosen their role in this dark drama. They are not statesmen. They are the spin doctors of surrender. They’ve aligned themselves not with justice but with expedience, not with law but with leverage. They will go down in history—not as peacemakers—but as enablers.

And let’s not forget Trump’s obsession with “winning.” But what exactly is he trying to win here? A pat on the back from Putin? A legacy as the president who sold out an ally to look “strong”? The only trophy he’s earning is the shame of watching liberty fall while he polishes Russia’s boots.

But history doesn’t forget. Ukraine’s resistance will be remembered long after Trump’s tweets fade into irrelevance. And the world will remember who stood with them—and who stood in their way. No amount of spin, no parade of envoys, no red-faced rants at rallies will erase the simple fact that under Trump, the U.S. stopped standing up to bullies and started negotiating with them.

Let them keep drafting “frameworks.” Let them circle tables and talk about “lines of control” and “realistic solutions.” None of it changes the truth on the ground: Ukraine is the victim. Putin is the aggressor. And the Trump team? They’re just the middlemen trying to close a sale that should never be on the market.

And the people? They’re not fooled. They see through the charade. They see the bodies, the bombs, the broken promises. They know this isn’t peace. It’s a payoff.

The bad news is people are dying. The worse news is they’re being betrayed by men who pretend to serve freedom but only serve fear. The good news? Not even Trump’s diplomacy can save Putin. Because no matter how gilded the cage, the tiger inside eventually turns. And this one? He’s been biting the hand that feeds him. His days are numbered—because even the devil’s contract has a deadline.


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