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'People are concerned because they care about others...'
In response to Jude (MetroTalk, Thu), the reason there is so much outrage against Donald Trump in the letters pages of Metro is simply because this is the natural reaction of any reasonable person to many of his actions since taking office.
People are concerned because they care about others, but also because the UK’s economy and national security will be affected, directly or indirectly.
It is incorrect to state that Trump is ‘not a politician’. On the contrary, he is a politician of the very worst kind. Pointing out that he is also a ‘businessman’ does not explain nor excuse his behaviour.
What sort of ‘businessman’, contrary to treaty obligations, withdraws assistance to a country invaded by a hostile power to try to force a peace that rewards the aggressor?
Unless you mean a businessman who was recruited by Russia and assisted by them in his election campaigns – if so, you may have a point after all. Paul Johnson, Essex
If Russia can take Ukraine’s land…
‘perhaps we should ask for our former colony – America – back, too.’
Why are the UK public so obsessed with the USA and Trump bashing? Well the simple answer is that Trump looks like he wants to force Ukraine to give away part of its country to Russia in return for the US getting a huge slice of Ukraine’s mineral wealth.
If that logic prevails perhaps we should ask for our former colony – America – back, too. Samuel, Tooting
Was Zelensky’s Oval Office humiliation planned?
‘Watching that meeting was like watching the Ali G show’
It looks as though predictions are coming true. Zelensky will soon be replaced, resign or disappear.
A transaction was surely made between Putin, Trump and Zelensky’s replacement before that humiliating meeting in the Oval Office. The deal would have been to have Zelensky publicly humiliated and replaced, then for Trump to agree to deal with the replacement and sign a ceasefire agreement in which the US gets its financial gains and Russia takes control of parts of Ukraine. There will be no war and no aid from the US.
Watching that meeting was like watching the Ali G show – except that with Ali G you could laugh and no lives would have been lost, and it was less toe-curling. Mity, North London
Trump’s selective outrage on hostages
‘He remains unwilling to confront Vladimir Putin on this issue‘
President Trump has been very vocal about the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, condemning their captivity and threatening severe repercussions if they are not released. Yet his silence on Russia’s abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children raises glaring contradictions.
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As president, Trump has the power to pressure Russia for their return, just as he does with the Israeli hostages, yet he remains unwilling to confront Vladimir Putin on this issue. If the forced displacement of hostages in Gaza is unacceptable, why is the mass abduction of Ukrainian children any different?
His selective outrage reveals not just political bias but a troubling deference to Putin. He is truly the monster’s puppet. Henry Page, Greenwich
China calling the US a bully? That’s rich
‘I can hear the clangs of pots and kettles’
We all know Trump is a vulgarian but that doesn’t make him the devil. To hold China, that paragon of freedom, as a moral high horse, and for China to talk about ‘intimidation’ and ‘bullying’ by the US, is quite laughable. I can hear the clang of pots and kettles. John, Orpington
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