Was President Donald Trump a Russian asset all along? Does Russian President Vladimir Putin, as anti-Trumpers allege, have some kind of kompromat on him? Does Trump simply prefer dictators to Democrats? Or has he borne a grudge against Volodymyr Zelensky since attempting to coerce the Ukrainian president into investigating then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2019?
It could be any of the above or all or none. After the events of the past week, frankly, who cares? Trump has acted exactly as he would if he were a Kremlin puppet. Whether he has been blackmailed or flattered into doing Putin’s bidding or whether he is following his own instincts, he has effectively put the diplomatic weight of the United States at the disposal of a man who hates the West and everything it stands for.
