Pamela, whether it's creating a new beach resort for his billionaire friends in Gaza or highlighting new "investment opportunities" in warming U.S.-Russia relations, Trump is laser-focused on finding and exploiting opportunities to line his and others pockets. And if he has his way, he'll sell U.S. foreign policy to the highest bidder.
That abhorrent worldview was on full display last Friday when Trump humiliated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House, claiming he failed to show sufficient gratitude after Trump demanded access to Ukrainian minerals.
Throughout three years of suffering in the face of Russia's invasion, the U.S. government has stood by Ukraine. But in an instant, everything has changed. First, Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin started planning Ukraine's future. Next, Trump began to rewrite history, falsely claiming that it was Ukraine that started the war, and working to delegitimize President Zelensky. Then, the U.S. and Russian delegates met in Saudi Arabia to discuss what will happen with Ukraine in the coming years and the United States voted against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia's unprovoked invasion.
One glaring omission from Trump's conversations about Ukraine's future? Ukrainians.
We want an end to this horrific war, but that won't happen without Ukraine's full participation. That's why we're starting a new conversation — and because Congress will play a key role in everything from U.S. financial support to ratifying U.S. commitments in a peace agreement, Congress needs to hear from you today.
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It's hard to put into words the horrors that followed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago: Hospitals and schools have been deliberately targeted, 20,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped and taken to Russia, and a staggering one million people have been killed or wounded.
In a recent poll, 52% of Ukrainians said they wanted to see their country negotiate an end to the war as soon as possible. Forcing a peace agreement that ignores the sovereignty of the Ukrainian people is likely only to ensure long-term violence. We know this because studies have shown that when civil society and in particular women participate in peace talks, they are far more likely to last.
The good news is that members of Congress, many of whom spent the past three years fighting for billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, are horrified by this turn of events. Unfortunately, so far, too many of them have refused to challenge Trump — but that's where we come in.
While Trump expects the world to bend to his whims, he forgot about one thing: Activists like us, who have a key role in pushing Congress to act.
It's never been more important that we keep showing up, now and in the weeks and months ahead, to demand that people in Ukraine have a say in their future. Pamela, we can start by overwhelming Congress with our urgent ask today.
Together we will push back on Trump's attempts to erase history.
Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team
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