Karoline Leavitt makes irritas

Washington – The White House of President Donald Trump is now “annoying”, literally, the bloody and continuous attacks of Russia against Ukraine.

In one of his periodic sessions, the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, essentially equated the slaughter of Ukrainian civilians in their homes in Ukraine, the massacre of Ukrainian civilians in their homes with the retaliation attacks of Ukraine against the Russian oil production infrastructure.

“Maybe both sides of this war are not ready to finish it,” he said.

Leavitt was asked if Trump had an answer to Russia’s mass attack on Wednesday night, using hundreds of drones and missiles, in kyiv residential areas, which killed some 20 civilians, including children.

In the afternoon, the lack of a Trump statement condemning Putin contrasts with those who came from the leaders of Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, the European Commission and others.

“Six hundred twenty -nine missiles and drones on one night about Ukraine: this is the idea of ​​Russia’s peace. Terror and barbarism. More than a dozen dead, including children,” the French president Emmanuel Macron wrote in social networks. “Total support to the Ukrainian people and the deepest compassion for all afflicted families.”

“The intense attacks against kyiv tonight demonstrate who is on the side of peace and who has no intention of believing in the path of negotiation,” added Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Leavitt, however, did not join that choir.

“I was not happy with this news, but it was not surprised either. These are two countries that have been at war for a long time. Russia launched this attack against kyiv. And also, Ukraine recently hit Russia’s oil refineries. They have taken, in fact, 20% of the capacity of the Russian oil refinery during the course of their attacks throughout the month of August of August,” Leavitt said. “The president wants him to end, but the leaders of these two countries need to end and must want him to end too.”

His comments echoed Trump’s own statements in recent weeks that once again they blame Ukraine for being invaded.

“Know, [Ukrainian President Volodomyr] Zelenskyy is not exactly innocent either, okay? The president said during the Wednesday marathon cabinet meeting. There will be, you know, let’s win, you will defeat someone who is 15 times your size. “

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There was a brief period in which Trump seemed to be frustrated with Putin for stating that he wanted peace in his phone calls with him and then turning and immediately attacking the Ukrainian cities.

But Trump’s tone at that point began to soften after Putin agreed to meet him in Alaska on August 15. Trump had established a deadline of August 8 for Russia to accept a high fire with Ukraine or face greater economic sanctions, but let that happen without one more word.

On the summit itself, Trump launched a red carpet for the former KGB officer, applauded him when he approached and fined it with a raised step by a air force squadron, including a B-2 bomber.

Putin, however, offered nothing in return and left without accepting fire or anything else.

While Trump said that Alaska’s meeting would soon be followed by one between Putin and Zelenskyy, that has not happened, probably because Putin insists that he will not stop his invasion until he can maintain the territory that he has not been able to take by force despite three and a half years of attempt.

In the days immediately after the invasion of Putin of Ukraine in February 2022, Trump called him “expert” and a “genius” for having done so, although he was pointing to residential areas to attack even then.

From that moment on, Trump began to affirm, without foundation, that Putin would never have invaded if Trump had been president. In fact, the ferocity and frequency of Putin attacks have increased dramatically since Trump returned to office in January.

Trump also said, repeatedly, that he would end the fight in Ukraine in a single day if he won the presidency, and that he could end the war even before returning to the White House.

Thursday was Trump’s 221 day in office, and there is no fire in sight.