John Harwood: Trump has been on Putin's side in Ukraine's long struggle against Russian aggression

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(CNN) - Americans rarely pay much attention to international events. Busy lives leave little time for distant events with unfamiliar protagonists.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has become a rare exception, its butchery in plain view via saturation coverage for anyone with a video screen. But
Americans may not yet have absorbed this disturbing reality: The American president who left office just 14 months ago sided with the butcher.

That's right: In the struggle now uniting the free world against an autocrat's lawless aggression, America's most recent ex-President sided with the autocrat.

It's not just that Donald Trump recently hailed the "genius" of Putin's strike against Ukraine. Since his political career began, Trump has backed Putin in ways connected directly to the Russian's quest to subjugate that country.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/trump-putin-ukraine/index.html

[Frustratedlady]

1. Such as his hate of NATO.

I keep thinking about the two Russians who visited the oval shortly after he disgraced it by his presence. What did he pass to them? What did he talk to Putin about during his glorious and "hugely" successful visits?

[samsingh]

2. trump is a traitor. He gave everything to putin