Goldberg: Trump's Putin affinity harms US interests — SkimNews
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- Goldberg criticized President Trump's perceived affinity for Vladimir Putin and his stance on the war in Ukraine, putting the Russian leader and the Ukraine policy at the center of the critique.
- Trump is the target of the warning: Goldberg argues that the diplomacy Trump favors in Ukraine undermines American values and harms both nations, rather than advancing U.S. interests.
Why it matters: Goldberg's charge targets policy, not personality: his claim is that Trump's affinity for Putin produces a Ukraine stance that undercuts American values and leaves both nations worse off. Trump and Putin are the decision-makers implicated; the U.S. and Ukraine are the parties whose interests Goldberg says suffer.
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