Hi, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. If you need a window today into the Republican Party's

complete capitulation to Trump's most dangerous and anti-democratic impulses, their acquiescence

to Trump this week as he parrots Putin's lies about Ukrainian President

Zelensky is all you need to take in. Donald Trump openly musing that Ukraine, not Russia,

started the war in Ukraine, calling President Zelensky an unelected dictator, casually undoing

nearly a century of American foreign policy, that that has not

led to a stampede of Republicans demanding an audience with the president at the White House to try

to persuade Trump or Vance or anybody else, that Zelensky is the true American ally, or as

Lindsey Graham said to Zelensky six years ago to his face,

quote, the best kind of ally for fighting Russia so we don't have to, end quote, tells you everything.

As the cover of the economist puts it, this is, quote, Europe's worst nightmare. And it may

become America's worst nightmare as well quickly.

Americans have gotten very clear, very fast on how they feel about it. Sixty-one percent of all Americans disagree with Trump's version of events, which is a lie. They understand that no, it was

Russia that actually started the war. 81 percent of Americans say Putin should not be trusted,

including a whopping 73% of all Republicans.

And yet, and yet,

even with this sudden burst of Americans saying, no, thank you.

We don't want this.

We didn't vote for this.

Trump and his administration show no signs of reconsidering,

throwing Ukraine under the bus and driving America off a diplomatic cliff.

Reuters is reporting that the U.S. quote, is refusing to co-sponsor a draft UN resolution,

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