Michael McFaul: Trump wuxuu sii waday taageerada Putin, toddobaadkanna waxaa isbeddelay habka uu u hadlo

Danjire hore oo Maraykanka u fadhiistay Ruushka ayaa sheegay in Trump uu hadda ku biirayo dhinaca kelmadoolayaasha, isagoo ku eedeeyay Zelenskyy dilka dadkiisa.

Michael McFaul, danjire hore oo Maraykanka u fadhiistay Ruushka, ayaa sheegay in Madaxweyne Donald Trump uu muddo dheer jeclaa Vladimir Putin, balse toddobaadkan waxaa si weyn isbeddelay hadalkiisa iyo ficilladiisa, isagoo u gudbinaya Ruushka waxyaabo ay Yukrayn u baahan tahay.

Isbeddelka toddobaadkan iyo eedeynta Zelenskyy

McFaul, oo hadda ah borofisar jaamacadda Stanford, ayaa sheegay in Trump uu muddo dheer jeclaa Putin, isagoo si joogto ah u ammaanayay isla markaana la safanayay, oo ay ka mid tahay shirkii Helsinki ee 2018 markii uu Trump la safanayay Putin halkii uu la safan lahaa hay'adaha sirdoonka Maraykanka ee ku saabsan faragelinta doorashooyinka. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, McFaul wuxuu sheegay in toddobaadkan uu si qoto dheer isbeddelay hadalka iyo ficillada Trump, isagoo u gudbinaya Putin waxyaabo badan isla markaana ku eedeeyay Zelenskyy dilka dadkiisa.

Madaxweyne Volodymyr Zelenskyy, isagoo khudbad fiidiyow ah u jeediyay koox laba-xisbi ah oo ka tirsan sharci-dejiyayaasha Maraykanka, ayaa sheegay in Wasaaradda Difaaca ay adkaynayso helista Yukrayn ee macluumaadka sirdoonka isla markaana ay dib u dhigayso ansixinta Maraykanka ee wareejinta hubka. Zelenskyy wuxuu yiri: "All of this suggests that some political decision has been made to slow down support for us. And this is in sharp contrast to what we are achieving on the battlefield."

McFaul oo taageeray fikradda Zelenskyy

McFaul wuxuu taageeray fikradda Zelenskyy ee ah in si ula kac ah loo beddelay siyaasadda Maraykanka, isagoo sheegay in Maraykanku hadda uu ku jiro dhinaca kelmadoolayaasha dagaalka u dhexeeya Yukrayn dimoqraadi ah iyo Ruush kelmadoolayaad ah, waxaana uu ku tilmaamay mid aan horay u dhicin taariikhda Maraykanka. Wuxuu sheegay in ay jirto madmadow ku saabsan cidda go'aanka ka gaartay daminta Starlink iyo dib u dhaca gantaalaha iyo ka-hortagga, laakiin haddii Maraykanku uu isku dayayay in uu caawiyo Yukrayn, wuu caddayn lahaa madmadowgaas.

McFaul wuxuu sheegay in muddada gaaban inta badan sharci-dejiyayaashu aanay la safmi doonin madaxweynaha, sababtoo ah ra'yi ururin dadweyne ayaa muujinaya in 83% dadka Maraykanku ay u arkaan Putin nin xun. Wuxuu rajaynayay in Congress cusub uu soo bandhigi doono sharci ka horjoogsanaya Maraykanka in ay ganacsi la yeeshaan Ruushka iyo in uu bixiyo xirmo cusub oo gargaar milatari oo Yukrayn la siiyo, xitaa haddii Trump uu diido.

Congress iyo awoodda Trump

Steve Inskeep ayaa xusay in Congress uu ansixiyay sharci balse uu u oggolaaday madaxweynaha in uu ka tanaasulo, taasna ay tahay waxa Trump sameeyay. McFaul wuxuu sheegay in Congress uu u baahan doono sharci leh xannibaadyo dheeraad ah.

The former U.S. ambassador to Russia says Washington is now siding with 'the autocrats' in Ukraine's fight, while Zelenskyy says the Pentagon is delaying intelligence and weapons.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul says President Trump's recent tone and actions toward Russia mark a profound change, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that U.S. support for Ukraine is being deliberately slowed.

McFaul: A Profound Change in Tone and Action

McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration and is now a professor at Stanford University, said Trump has long praised and sided with Vladimir Putin, including at the 2018 Helsinki summit, where Trump sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence on election interference. But McFaul said the past week felt different in both tone and actions, with Trump making concessions to Putin and blaming Zelenskyy for Putin killing his own people.

McFaul said he agrees with Zelenskyy's assessment that a deliberate policy change is underway. "In this fight between democratic Ukraine and autocratic Russia, we're now on the side of the autocrats," McFaul said, calling it unprecedented in American history.

Zelenskyy Cites Delays in Intelligence and Weapons

Zelenskyy, in a video address to a bipartisan group of American lawmakers, said the Pentagon is making it harder for Ukraine to get intelligence and delaying U.S. approval of weapons transfers. "All of this suggests that some political decision has been made to slow down support for us," Zelenskyy said. "And this is in sharp contrast to what we are achieving on the battlefield."

McFaul said there is ambiguity about who decided to turn off Starlink and about the delays in missiles and interceptors, but that if the U.S. were trying to help Ukraine, it would clear up that ambiguity.

Congress, Public Opinion and the Road Ahead

McFaul said most lawmakers will not line up with the president in the short run, citing public opinion polling showing 83% of Americans think Putin is a bad guy. He said he hopes a new Congress will introduce legislation to prevent Americans from doing business with Russia and provide a new military assistance package to Ukraine, even if Trump vetoes it.

Host Steve Inskeep noted that Congress did pass a law but allowed the president to waive it, and that Trump has done so.