Letter to the editor: Trump is not the bad guy in Ukraine-Russia war

In 1994, the U.S., U.K., Ukraine and Russia signed a nonproliferation treaty. Nuclear weapons were removed from Ukraine and sent to Russia. Why did President Bill Clinton let Russia have the weapons?

In 2014, Russia invaded Crimea. President Barack Obama and his foreign policy expert Joe Biden threatened consequences, but did nothing. Vladimir Putin kicked sand in Obama’s face and kept Crimea, and started a proxy war in the Donbas.

In 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Biden called it a “minor incursion.” He issued sanctions restricting some exports to Russia, freezing Russian assets in the U.S. and limiting some transactions with Russian banks. Later he began supplying weapons to Ukraine. However, these were older, less sophisticated weapons with limits on where Ukraine could use them. This has extended the death and destruction within Ukraine, making things worse in the long run.

Today President Donald Trump is attempting to end the war. No one will go to war with Russia, which is the only way to get Putin to give back what he has gained. Media outlets, politicians, celebrities and letters to the editor say Trump is the bad guy. Why is he the bad guy? He had no part in creating and/or dragging on this war. He is spearheading a solution. It may not end the way everyone wants, but it will end.

Tom Cerra

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