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Trump earlier claimed that Zelenskyy had approval ratings of just 4%, even though an opinion poll released Wednesday by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showed that 57% of Ukrainians trust him.
This is incredible and unprecedented. Trumps is basically saying to the world “If you’re a friend of the US, the US doesn’t have any qualm betraying you, so don’t befriend us if you’re smart.”
“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests” - Henry Kissinger
Certainly no unprecedented.
What’s unprecedented is saying it out loud. Previous presidents pretended the country had firm friendships with other nations. Trump does away with the pretense. No other president has ever done that - possibly because no other president was this dumb.
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