Douglas V. Gibbs ——Bio and Archives--January 27, 2026

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Ukraine was once, and perhaps still is, among the most corrupt governments on the planet. Its entanglements with Burisma and the Bidens, Clintons, Obamas, and practically every other figure on the American political Game of Thrones roster are well‑documented. Ukraine also played a role in the Russia‑gate spying scandal against Trump. Yet during the Obama years, Washington and the media insisted on a simplistic narrative: Russia is the villain, Ukraine is the hero. After all, Russia was the dominant “republic” of the old Soviet Union, and Democrats and the mainstream press were determined to paint Donald J. Trump as a man with some mysterious affection for Moscow.

This is not to claim Russia is the good guy and Ukraine the bad guy. Ukraine is clearly the smaller kid on the block being shoved around by a much larger, heavily armed bully. But the conflict is far more complicated than a cartoonish good‑versus‑evil script. Both governments have acted as bad actors in various ways. The real tragedy lies with the ordinary people caught in a twisted war that global power brokers have found ways to profit from. Regardless of who fired the first shot or who should stand down, the war has been an “opportunity” for the global cabal and hard‑left operatives eager to expand their power, enrich themselves, and weaponize the conflict against Trump.

Under Obama and Biden, Democrats and the Deep State were either too weak to stop Russia or too willing to let Moscow advance. Whether through incompetence or corruption, they failed to recognize, or refused to confront, what was happening because the chaos benefited them. The American Left and globalist class played the war for their own advantage while remaining unsure how to handle Putin, who had no interest in joining their New World Order project.

Donald Trump understood that ending the war that........

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