Whenever I have the opportunity to debate leftists like Mehdi Hasan, I jump at the opportunity. Not many Republicans do this, but I think it’s important. I do this because President Trump deserves defenders who are willing to go up against the left in public settings to debunk the egregious lies they tell about his character, his record, and his agenda. There is no lie more prevalent on the left than the “Trump is a Russian puppet” lie, which Hasan continues to perpetuate it. This week, I had the opportunity to debunk that lie directly.
The left bases its entire lie on their belief that Donald Trump has somehow shown weakness toward Vladimir Putin. But when you look at who was the American president when Putin invaded Ukraine over the past several years, you realize how ridiculous that belief is. The only times Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine over the last decade came during the Obama Administration and the Biden Administration.
Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014 and Obama gave the Ukrainians blankets. President Trump took office after President Obama and gave Ukraine lethal weapons—javelins and stingers—that killed Russians. Those weapons actually saved Kyiv and stopped Russia in its tracks after they invaded when President Biden signaled he would not react strongly to “just a minor incursion.”
The strange part about Mehdi Hasan’s argument here is that he actually seems to agree with the current outcome President Trump has accomplished (basically putting the ball back in Putin’s court), but as a leftist, he just can’t give Trump credit for it.
As with most of the left’s arguments against President Trump, they don’t hold up when confronted with the most simple facts. That’s why I continue to engage in these debates with the left - because defending President Trump’s record is necessary and actually quite easy. |
