To review quickly: The confrontation starts with Donald Trump saying, “I’m aligned with the world…I’m aligned with Europe.” Then JD Vance interjects with a denunciation of Joe Biden and praise of Trump for leading this round of diplomacy. Then Zelenskiy starts to explain how Vladimir Putin invaded his country in 2014, and no one did anything. Then he even said (at 2:10), “God bless, now, President Trump will stop him.”
Last weekend, I went to the Principles First conference in Washington, a large gathering convened mostly by anti-Trump former Republicans. Garry Kasparov, the Russian dissident, was one of the speakers. He uttered a very simple line that chilled the thousand or so people in the room: “The United States has changed teams.”
I know; our leadership of the free world has been awfully spotty. But at least we declared ourselves to be seeking such a thing. At least it was possible for critics and dissenters to hold the United States to its words and its stated principles. No, that didn’t save many lives in Iraq. But in diplomacy, it counts for something. For allies, it means that they can tune to our frequency, seize on some bedrock consistency, and foster engagement. It also means that at least in theory, and sometimes in practice, we promote democracy and liberation around the world—and that where we fail to do that, we can be rightly criticized, corrected, and on occasion, shamed.
Just Friday morning, Zelenskiy met with a bipartisan delegation of senators. That meeting apparently went very well. Senators from both parties praised him. Republican Roger Wicker tweeted about “the huge step forward” represented by the meeting and the looming deal. Well, that’s open to question, but at least it showed that Republican senators were ready to give Zelenskiy some support.
And he’s been one of the few courageous members of that party. Now, he’ll hide. But hiding is a lot better than what some of them are doing. Exhibit A, to no one’s surprise, is Lindsey Graham.
“Disrespectful.” Note the word. Note its focus on Trump personally; Trump’s feelings. This isn’t how people talk in democracies. It’s how they talk in countries where the moods and whims of the Dear Leader dictate policy. And that, alas, is where we now live.
Whether we can say that a year from now is an interesting question. MAGA America, of course, loves what happened. Normal Earth America is appalled. Then there are those famous people in the middle. The ones who thought Trump would lower egg prices on day one. The ones who thought the businessman would bring order. The ones who have now in many cases personally been caught up in the chaos and disorder in which Trump and his co-president revel and lost their jobs. We can only hope that, while they probably don’t especially care about Ukraine, they find their president’s behavior mildly embarrassing.
We’ll be able to trace it all to this disgraceful moment, this day of historic shame for the United States. We’ve changed teams.
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