Folks — I want to start bluntly: don’t be fooled by headlines. The media today is spinning Donald Trump’s appearance at the United Nations as some kind of dramatic turnaround — a “Trump 180” they’re calling it. Suddenly he’s talking about Ukraine taking back their land. Suddenly he’s saying Ukrainian fighters are strong, maybe even capable of winning. Suddenly he’s “not happy” with Vladimir Putin.
That’s the story they want you to believe. But as I’ve told you over and over again: watch the actions, not the words.
At the UN podium, Trump did what he always does — he lashed out at the institution itself. He railed against globalism. He mocked the very leaders sitting before him. He fed his base the red meat of nationalism, of borders, of isolation. It was performance, not policy.
And tucked inside the theatrics was a bone tossed to Ukraine. He called them fighters. He said maybe, just maybe, they could win. And the press — desperate for a narrative shift — latched onto it like it was salvation.
But let’s pause. Because this isn’t salvation. It’s sleight of hand.
What happened after the speech tells you everything. Trump told NATO allies they should shoot down Russian planes or drones violating their airspace. A strong line, right? But when asked if America would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with NATO, his answer wasn’t the obvious “Of course.”
It was two words: “It depends.”
Think about that. NATO’s very foundation is clear: an attack on one is an attack on all. That’s what makes it work. That’s what deters Russia. And here’s Trump, the supposed leader of the free world, shrugging and saying we’ll see. That’s not leadership. That’s an invitation for Putin to keep pushing.
Actions Tell the Real Story
Military aid to Ukraine? Stalled, delayed, or offloaded to the Europeans. Trump’s words at the podium don’t change the fact that weapons are being held back.
Sanctions on Russia? Empty. No secondary sanctions. No real squeeze on Putin’s economy. Just rhetoric.
NATO commitment? Conditional. The kind of “conditional” that emboldens aggressors.
Meanwhile, what’s Putin doing? He’s intensifying attacks. Escalating drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s cities. Ramping up his nuclear rhetoric again. Testing NATO borders. While Trump plays theater, Putin plays war.
If you didn’t think it could get any more obvious, then came Trump’s Truth Social post. In it, he wished both countries good luck. Think about that. One country is the aggressor, bombing civilians, tearing children from their families. The other is fighting for its very survival, its independence, its democracy. And he lumps them together with a casual “good luck.”
That’s not leadership — that’s theater. Just like when he packed European leaders into the Oval Office, got them all excited about a so-called “Putin-Zelenskyy meeting,” and then nothing happened. Just optics. Just stalling. And today was no different. The media is shouting about a “180,” European leaders are clinging to hope of a “pivot,” but Trump’s own post tells you everything: it’s all theatrics.
And my sources are telling me that while Trump was berating the U.N. and putting on his theatrics about Russia and the Ukraine war, behind the scenes he was ranting and raving — pissed off that Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air and didn’t get fired.
And then there’s the statue. A piece of protest art of him and Epstein was set up outside the Capitol as a reminder that the Epstein files aren’t going away. My sources say Trump was fuming about it, demanding it be taken down before he got back to the White House. That tells you everything. He can try to bury the truth, but the truth keeps showing up — in stone, in headlines, and in the streets.
Here’s the dangerous part: the media is hungry for a story that feels like good news. European leaders are desperate for any glimmer of hope.
But truth social posts don’t shoot down missiles. Press releases don’t protect Ukrainian civilians. And sound bites don’t deter nuclear threats.
We can’t let the noise drown out the truth: this is not a pivot. It’s a distraction.
I’m not just writing letters to fill your inbox. I know these people. I’ve been the messenger. I know how the playbook works. And I see the patterns before they hit the headlines.
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God bless America.
Slava Ukraini.
This isn’t just a newsletter. This is a movement.
-Lev Parnas
True. All true. Thank you, Lev, for persisting, persevering!
You are heroic. Thank you for all you are doing to win back our failing democracy.