No Boots, No Bluster, No Problem
Kevin McCullough
6–7 minutes
President Donald J. Trump did something this week that no other modern American president has been able to do when it comes to foreign entanglements: he proved you can keep your promises and keep America safe — all while telling the world’s worst actors exactly where they can stick their aggression.
On Tuesday, in the aftermath of marathon meetings with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and a cadre of European leaders, Trump announced what has always been the missing ingredient in this conflict: clarity. He was unequivocal — the United States will not send American troops to the ground in Ukraine. Period. End of discussion.
And yet, in the very same breath, Trump showed how he can do what so many in Washington claim is “impossible.” He can guarantee security to Ukraine, stiff-arm Russia’s expansionist aims, and marshal the resources of our European allies to finally take responsibility for their own backyard.
It’s a master class in leadership that President Biden could never have passed, and one that the foreign policy establishment hates Trump for even attempting. Why? Because it proves the old guard wrong on every level.
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