NCS took an sudden flip in its coverage of Donald Trump, that includes a visitor who recommended the President’s current feedback.
Ex-NATO commander James Stavridis joined NCS anchor Sarah Sidner to speak about Trump’s shift in tone towards Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Once allies, Trump has now branded Putin “absolutely crazy.”
Following a collection of missile assaults on Ukrainian cities by Russia, Trump took to Truth Social stating, “I’ve at all times had an excellent relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, however one thing has occurred to him. He has gone completely CRAZY!”
Trump criticized Putin for “needlessly killing a lot of people” and added, “Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no motive in anyway.”
In mild of Trump’s remarks, Stavridis advised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ought to “applaud” Trump.
He lauded Trump’s denouncement of Putin, proclaiming, “Hallelujah, Amen. Welcome to team West, welcome to team democracy.”
Stavridis mirrored on previous tensions, noting, “Compared to a couple of months ago, when Zelensky was literally kicked out of the Oval Office, and there were, I think, quite serious threats to simply cut off intelligence permanently. We had done so on a temporary basis. That was really rock bottom.
“So in comparison with then, I feel we’re in a significantly better place.”
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The speaker went on to supply some counsel to Zelensky, stating, “Manage your Trump account rigorously proper now. This just isn’t the time to be important, to say, you already know, why have not we heard extra from the United States?
“And frankly, listening to Donald Trump name Putin completely loopy is a superb second for Ukraine. What I would be telling President Zelensky is: stand up and applaud when you finally get the president of the United States to say what you need him to say and to be the leader of the band of the West.”
Stavridis had pointers for Trump as nicely, implying the President ought to take decisive motion by leveraging considered one of three vital stress levers in opposition to Moscow – releasing the $300 billion in frozen Russian funds, arming Kyiv with lengthy-vary missiles, or imposing secondary sanctions on any nation nonetheless coping with Russia.
The dialogue on NCS concluded with the visitor remarking, “President Trump sounds like he’s ready to use it. Let’s hope they go forward with that spirit on Memorial Day.”