CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 26, 2025
YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE OLD SAYING “WHEN YOU LIE DOWN WITH DOGS YOU GET UP WITH FLEAS.”
IS THAT WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING WITH HIS SO-CALLED PEACE OFFENSIVE TO END THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE? THE U.S. SIDED WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA, VETOING TWO RESOLUTIONS AT THE UNITED NATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE BLAMED RUSSIA FOR THE INVASION OF UKRAINE AND CALLED FOR ITS WITHDRAWAL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO MAKE AN ECONOMIC DEAL WITH RUSSIA. HE THINKS IT WILL MOTIVATE VLADIMIR PUTIN TO CEASE HIS AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES. TRUMP ALSO TOLD REPORTERS TUESDAY THAT PUTIN WOULD AGREE TO EUROPEAN TROOPS IN THE AREA FOR UKRAINE’S SECURITY, BUT HE DIDN’T SAY WHETHER HE WOULD WITHDRAW FROM THE CONQUERED TERRITORY. IN FACT, PUTIN HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE WOULDN’T.
TRUMP’S APPROACH TO RUSSIA IS SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS TO THAT OF BARACK OBAMA, JOE BIDEN AND EVEN HENRY WALLACE IF YOU REMEMBER HIM.
RUSSIA HAS BEEN INVADED FOR 1,000 YEARS AND THAT, ALONG WITH PUTIN’S EVIL NATURE, IS WHAT IS DRIVING THE RUSSIAN DICTATOR. WILL TRUMP’S DIFFERENT APPROACH WORK? ANOTHER SAYING: “PEACE IS NOT JUST THE ABSENCE OF WAR.” I’M CAL THOMAS.
