BREAKING: Republican Congressman Don Bacon breaks ranks from the MAGA cult to rip into the catastrophic Oval Office screaming match between Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
This is a rare moment of courage from a conservative…
“A bad day for America’s foreign policy. Ukraine wants independence, free markets and rule of law. It wants to be part of the West. Russia hates us and our Western values. We should be clear that we stand for freedom,” Bacon said in a text message to The Hill.
The disastrous meeting has drawn widespread condemnation and marks an undeniable low point in America’s global reputation. Trump and Vance have stabbed our ally squarely in the back.
“You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards,” Trump raged during the meeting. “You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people, you’re gambling with World War III… and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country, that’s backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have.”
Vance repeatedly whined that Zelensky had not said “thank you once” to Trump and repeatedly showed off for his boss in the most groveling manner.
“Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly about the war…” Zelensky said to Vance at one point.
“He’s not speaking loudly, your country’s in big trouble,” Trump interjected. “You’re not winning this. You’re not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.”
“If you didn’t have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks,” Trump said at another point in his tirade. “It’s going to be a very hard thing to do business like this.”
“Just say thank you. We know you’re wrong,” Vance said.
“The problem is I’ve empowered you to be a tough guy,” said Trump. “And I don’t think you’d be a tough guy without the United States.”
“Your people are very brave but, you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out,” he went on. “And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out — I don’t think it’s going to be pretty — but you’ll fight it out. But you don’t have the cards but once we sign that deal, you’re in a much better position.”
“But you’re not acting at all thankful and that’s not a nice thing. I’ll be honest, that’s not a nice thing. All right, I think we’ve seen enough, what do you think?” he concluded.
Trump might stand with Putin and his brutal invasion but real Americans stand with Ukraine and its brave leader and valiant people.