Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine will be seen as the final moment of his presidency the shark jumped.
Looking through the offer here – Biden’s clear weakness in the international arena in Afghanistan and towards China he emboldened Putin start an invasion of Ukraine.
Since then, unfortunately with the approval of most Republicans, Biden has been pouring over $100 billion – along with countless weapons – Zelensky has no audit and accounting and no end in sight.
Now China is joining hands with Putin Russia’s assistance in its conflict in Ukrainedoing prospect of nuclear war more real than since the 1950s.
Instead of focusing on our border, record high inflation, skyrocketing crime and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, Biden flies to Kiev to take photos with his partner Zelensky along with false alarm sirens in the background.
There, Biden renews his commitment to Venmo to give the tracksuit-wearing Ukrainian leader tens of billions of dollars more for, to quote Biden: “as long as it takes.”
His promise of unlimited spending on the war caused by his own weakness gave the expense its rightful name: the “Biden Ukraine tax.” These Lapel pins with the flag of Ukraine can now officially be replaced with dollar sign lapel pins.
Remember George W. Bush’s notable flight on Air Force One after Hurricane Katrina, in which the plane descended over New Orleans to witness the devastation, then quickly accelerated and flew to Washington, D.C., without stopping to visit the suffering residents? ?
This flight Bush himself saw it as a turning point in his presidency when his previous mistakes in Iraq and other failures crystallized for many swing voters and he never regained his political strength.
Now, more than 17 years later, Biden’s trip on Air Force One has given American voters a huge sense of relief about the mistakes of his presidency. Did he fly over Ohio to check out the residents affected by the train derailment before boarding the plane and heading for Kiev?
Or maybe he flew a plane over the southern border to see hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants enters our country every monthalong with more than enough Chinese fentanyl kill every American citizen?
Instead, how in many upscale neighborhoods across the country, Biden’s defection is revealing his true priorities, and that can be summed up tribute to the flag of Ukrainenot the American flag.
Biden’s trip on the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine is a reminder of how inverted his priorities were when he entered this regional conflict.
When Putin decided to invade his neighbor, clearly NATO, not the US, should have taken the lead in countering him, while Washington remained focused on China – the real threat to US global leadership.
To be clear, most Americans sympathize with Ukrainians, but only at first it was supposed to be a tiny engagement – lasting several weeks or months – and not a year-long war with no end in sight.
And now, thanks to Biden’s unrestricted commitment to supporting Ukraine in this conflict, many Americans have had enough and call for common sense and to refocus the country on its real priorities.
Here’s a thought – what about spending that money to fight China? Or double the number of border guards? Or do you take crime in cities seriously? Or maybe the reconstruction of roads, bridges and railways in the country?
One year later, the road ahead in this conflict is clear – it’s time to take off the Ukrainian flag pins and de-escalate the situation by pressing both sides for a quick, negotiated settlement that neither side will like. Frankly, it would be enough for the United States to signal that funding for Ukraine would end to bring Zelensky to the table for peace talks that would maintained by his closest associates “They’re out of the question.”
Then, once taxpayers are no longer burdened with financing the war, anyone in the U.S. who wants more funding for the conflict should be encouraged to open their own checkbook and send money directly to Zelensky and do so “for as long as it takes.”
If anything allowed this resolution to finally be reached, it was the spectacle of Biden’s numb flight to Kiev that exposed the absurdity of his endless war and the overall weakness of his presidency.
John Ullyot is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and served as spokesman for the National Security Council under President Trump.
