Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025 (Jae C. Hong/AP)
EA-Silicon Curtain VideoCast: Trump Has Joined Russia In War v. Ukraine
UPDATE, OCT 26:
In a 40-minute deep dive, EA’s Cormac Smith chats with Ukraine’s UATV about Donald Trump’s alliance with the Kremlin and its invasion.
Cormac considers Russia’s attacks defying an “energy ceasefire” even as Trump undermines US sanctions on Moscow. He looks at the Kremlin’s proposal of a summit of Vladimir Putin, Trump, and China’s Xi Jinping.
He considers what the UK and Europe must do to continue support of Ukraine’s defense, and how that is affected by Trump’s position.
UPDATE, OCT 21:
I spoke again with Ukrainian journalist Daniel Tkiie on Monday about the extent of the betrayal of Ukraine by Donald Trump, as he seeks political and economic deals with Vladimir Putin, and whether it can be stopped.
The discussion was recorded before Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky met Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, who will now see Putin in the Kremlin.
In his mind, Trump is doing “very, very well” by working with Russia. That’s where we are: he is allied with Russia and therefore he is allied with the invasion of Ukraine.
ORIGINAL ENTRY, OCT 19: I joined Ukrainian journalists Daniel Tkiie and Sofia Nazarenko last Thursday to analyze Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine and support of Russia’s 56-month full-scale invasion.
The 26-minute discussion reviews last week’s cutoff of intelligence sharing, following Trump’s agreement to purchase Russian diesel fuel.
I remind viewers of the split within the Trump Administration. Can Ukraine and Europe connect with those still wanting to back their security rather than striking deals with the Kremlin?
I note that, having suspended attacks on Russian refineries for three days amid Trump’s demands, Ukraine has resumed as it chooses not to appease him.
Sadly, American has a President is simply not sane, he follows no logical rules and he’s a buddy with a murderous thug, who claims to be a Christia n but hanging over his head is a list of untold numbers of lives he is guilty of having taken. Imagine the countless little anglels whose precious lives he is responsible for having cauused to be ended, through sheer brutality, and of course, greed. And yet poor old Donald treats him like a close friend. He obviously has some power of Trump, because the US President is frightened of him.
America is a great nation, but how it has slumped since Trump has been in control, almost the laughing stock of the world, a man who can’t make a decision and follow it through – that tells the world that his advisers are either hopeless or frightened of losing their job. What sort of a fool is a president who has downgraded his armed forces!
He will be remembered in history as the biggest idiot who was in charge of a once great nation, and caused it to be a rather sad state through his bungling. I respect the Office of the President, but this man has totally abused that Office, God help him. What an impossible task his follower will have to try and rebuild the United States.