It’s not the content of the dispute that is offensive (the U.S. may fairly view its interests today differently than Kyiv and Europe more broadly) but the tone of the spectacle that is insulting not just to Zelensky but to all the Ukrainians who have died or been wounded in this war.

Ukrainians have suffered a lot. They didn’t ask for the war, and they are not being spoiled as Trump and Vance comments are suggesting. If the U.S. wants to stop funding the war that is their right but basic decency should be shown to people who have endured so much.

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what’s your take on how the U.S. and other nations can balance strategic interests with moral responsibility in situations like this?

I think it’s fair to say they want to pull back and Europe do more but it’s not even in our interest to burn bridges like this