As a result of the Russian rocket attack on the sums in Ukraine, which occurred on Palm Sunday, at least 34 people were killed and 117 are injured. Two children were killed in the attack, 15 are injured. This is information that the State Service for Extraordinary Situations of Ukraine provided on Sunday evening.
– I think it was terrible. I was told that they made a mistake. But I think it's a terrible thing. I think all this war is terrible. I think that the fact that this war began is an abuse of power, “he said, emphasizing that if he was the president” this country (USA) would never let this war break “.
– This is Biden's war. This is not my war – added the US president. He also suggested that Putin decided to invade Ukraine because he did not respect Biden and “he did not get along with Zelanski and anyone else.”
– In the mouth of the US leaders, such words about a bestial attack on sums are compromising. Trump is not able to go beyond a simple narrative, dropping all bad things on his predecessor Biden – tells Onet to Dr. Witold Sokała, an expert on international relations, a journalist of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
– Trump is also not able to realistically assess the situation and in addition, he speaks the words of Russian propaganda. It repeats like a catarain and I don't know if someone is still buying it – emphasizes our interlocutor.
– For contrast, the American president is not a man with such cold blood on other issues, because the material of the CBS station caused him such a fury that in order to punish the station, he wants to launch all the forces of American superpower. And this combination is shocking. A disregarding, stupid and soulless response to an attack on a Russian attack on civilians and at the same time rage after one material on television – says Dr. Sokała.
– How to assess this behavior? The first hypothesis is that Trump is a narcissus with poor mental qualifications. Another – that he is a Russian agent of influence, because only an idiot or agent could really talk about this attack on sums – he points out. – Truth, however, can be more complicated – adds the expert.
“The game is about securing interests in the Middle East. And here, paradoxically, a chance for Ukraine”
– The signal of optimism for Ukraine when it comes to Washington's attitude to Moscow is that American sanctions for Russia have not been liquidated. Perhaps it is a sign that this more reasonable fraction of Republicans, which exists, but pushed to defensive by flashy amateurs, however, has some influence on the actions of the White House – says Dr. Sokała.
– However, this is not crucial. The key to assessing this situation is the game about the Middle East. More specifically, it is about US negotiations with Iran, to pacify the Iranian nuclear program – he argues.
– Here Russia is in fact an important element in conversations, because it can either leave Tehran to the Americans' mercy, or on the contrary, give him a helping hand. So perhaps this embarrassing and inhuman response to the attack on sums was one of many attempts so as not to irritate the Kremlin who could overturn these negotiations with Iran – the expert indicates.
– It is obvious that such an ethically such action of the US must be assessed very negatively, because this is what women and children in Ukraine die. But as part of a very cold geopolitical calculation, this is somehow understandable. If this is a real hypothesis, we should see the effects quite quickly – convinces our interlocutor.
Trump in Moscow on the occasion of victory day and the triumphal parade of Putin's troops?
In the expert's opinion, a certain determinant of the white house attitude to the Kremlin will be whether and how high the US delegation will appear on May 9 in Moscow, at the celebration of the victory day combined with the triumphant parade of Putin's troops.
– It is certain that the parade will be as powerful as never, with the participation of Chinese and North Korean comrades. But will Trump appear personally? Here I have doubts – says Dr. Sokała.
– But I expect surprises and opportunities to criticize many Western politicians after May 9. And yes, it is almost certain in my opinion that Steve Witkoff, the official Trump delegate for Russia, will appear in Moscow. He performs gestures completely incompatible with the rules of diplomacy, dysfunctional gestures, such as the invitation of Kirił Dmitryjew for a private dinner at his home. This is some aberration, but he was probably written the role of a “good policeman” in this theater – says the expert.
– I don't expect a higher level in Moscow, it would be an exaggeration. But this American administration has accustomed us to such strange behavior, so incompatible with the rules and diplomacy, and simply humanity that nothing would surprise me – he emphasizes.
– However, well, the rules of international negotiations themselves are usually incompatible – he states.
Views of the Magician supporters on the attacker on the sums. “They write that it is” God's anger that has fallen on the dissenters “”
– America is changing drastically. Barbaria begins to dominate in the official current. Identity social media, creating bubbles for “their own”, want to chase and chase these traditional civilized stations from the media market. And in these social media, gathering people from the magician movement, comments after Russia's attack on sums are terrifying – believes the expert.
– Trump's religious facilities about the attack on Palm Sunday writes that all Ukraine is a rotten leftism, because they associate it so much as a kind of extension of what they hated the most at Biden, Kamali Harris and other democrats. The belief that Putin is a Christian catechon dominates [w Nowym Testamencie siła powstrzymująca nadejście antychrysta i apokalipsy]who fights for real civilization – he describes.
– They, those from the magician, even claimed that the attack on the sums is the anger of God, which on Palm Sunday fell on the dissenters. Such people are Trump's refuge, they took him to power – sums up Dr. Sokała.
