Democrats would rather Ukraine bleed than Trump succeed

Published August 19, 2025 8:48am ET



For Democrats and their legacy media allies, nothing on the planet is more evil than President Donald Trump. Not cancer. Not even climate change. Trump is not only the pinnacle of evil but also the root of all lesser evils, and they’ll oppose him relentlessly over any cause — even peace.

Monday’s summit at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders is only the latest example of this commitment to opposing everything Trump supports, even when it is obviously good. The war between Ukraine and Russia has raged since the early days of the Biden administration, causing well over 1 million casualties and costing the United States alone nearly $200 billion. And until two weeks ago, there appeared to be no end in sight.

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