Trump’s Scapegoating of Ukraine Is Dishonorable

The president would rather point fingers at Kyiv than tell Putin to stop the killing. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. One of the challenges with writing about the war in—and on—Ukraine is that so little changes. I don’t mean the fighting on the ground, though even there, when viewed from a distance, it doesn’t look as though much has shifted in a long while. Russia has gained very little territory in the last year (even as it has suffered an estimated 500,000 casualties over the last 12 months). Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things. More We Think You’d Like