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Jacoby for Washington Monthly: Trump’s Moral Blindness Should Disqualify Him as a Peacemaker

  • March 3, 2025
  • Tamar Jacoby

It reminded me of a certain kind of unpleasant talk show. The guest shows up, a little nervous but earnest, looking forward to a serious discussion of the issues. But the host lies in wait, spoiling for a fight and ready with ammunition—in this case, complaints about the guest’s supposed lack of gratitude and a poorly planned visit last fall to an arms plant in Pennsylvania, a state thought at the time to be leaning Democratic.

So began last week’s meeting in the Oval Office, Volodymyr Zelensky vs. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. “Much was learned,” Trump posted on Truth Social shortly after the fracas, “that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. It’s amazing what comes out through emotion.” Sadly, he’s right, but the truth revealed wasn’t about Zelensky. It was about Trump and his unprincipled approach to American foreign policy.

It was 10 excruciating minutes of classic Trump: bullying, lies, and utter indifference to American values.

Read more in Washington Monthly. 

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