(#5120) The kremlin underestimated Zelenskyy, Biden and NATO

      If trump had been allowed to take the presidency in 2020, putin would already be storming the rest of Europe from Ukraine. There is no doubt in my mind that trump would have nullified NATO and sat on his hands and done nothing to help Ukraine defend itself from the Russian invasion. Without help from Biden and his rallying of NATO forces, Zelenskyy would not have been able to keep Russia from overrunning them on February 24, 2022. The depth of the disgrace and dishonor trump is capable of has not yet bottomed out. Our planet would have been shifted into chaos with Covid no doubt still raging.
     What putin has over trump is still unknown but you can imagine that for trump to betray democracy the what is very important to trump. He is as callous a person that has ever been born to be able to allow the murder of untold thousands to protect his secret. The kremlin is showing itself as a bastion of cruelty and brutality. So for the kremlin to be painted with the brush of blackmailing terrorism is more than appropriate. I suspect that the Ukrainian people would have fought any takeover by Russia even if they were dealing with a trump presidency. The problem though is that the Ukrainian people likely would not have been able to stand against Russia this long.
     But Joe Biden won the presidency and with it a commitment to Ukraine that their borders are not to be breached by Russian aggression. With Joe rallying NATO and other western countries to aid in the effort to thwart Russia the difference in Ukraine being under Russian control has been mostly reversed and instead the odds are that Russia will find it is pushed out of Ukraine and vulnerable to other nations that border it. The hiding tyrants in the kremlin have been defended against and now they will feel the brunt of Ukrainian determination to right the wrongs that Russia has already inflicted on them. History will show that despite evil men with power, the good of the rest of us is too much for them to succeed.