Lt. Col. Vindman: Trump 'Absolutely' at Fault for Russia's Ukraine Invasion

[Jilly_in_VA]

The man who played a key role in then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment says Trump’s attempts to coerce Ukraine for a quid pro quo played a big role in undercutting the country’s ability to fight off a Russian invasion.

Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman served as the director of European affairs on Trump’s National Security Council, and was on the call when Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “do us a favor” and dig up dirt on now-President Joe Biden.

Trump was impeached by the House in late 2019 for demanding that Ukraine investigate Biden while withholding hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of military aid the embattled country needed to defend itself against Russia. The Trump administration eventually released the aid, but not before a lengthy delay that strained the countries’ relations and clearly emboldened Putin.

Vindman was a key witness in that trial.

he puts much of the blame for Putin’s invasion squarely on Trump.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7n9dq/alexander-vindman-russia-ukraine-invasion

[mucifer]

1. FYI at the end of the article Col. Vindman has some criticism of President Biden clearly not nearly

as strong as the criticism of trump. But, it's there.

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. He is speaking

from a military point of view as well as from his background and has a right to criticize where he sees fit.

[mucifer]

4. I didn't say he did not have a right. I just was informing people who just read headlines about

more info in the interview.

[femmedem]

2. All the more reason we are morally obligated to do everything possible to help Ukraine.

Excellent interview. Thank you for posting it.

[moondust]

5. No doubt Putin knew

that his actions in Ukraine would get some support in the U.S. from TFG and his (brainwashed) supporters, though I don't know how much difference that made to him.