His now deleted Truth Social post raises disturbing questions.
JUN 4
President Trump just deleted this tweet about his 1.25 hour call today with Putin.
Trump explains that Putin will be making a strong military response to the success of Operation Spider’s Web. His response to Putin’s threat of retaliation on Ukraine can clearly be interpreted as acceptance and tacit approval.
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Here is the relevant portion of the text.
“I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.”
Under the circumstances, responding to Putin’s threats with silence IS tacit approval. Refusing to challenge Putin for his retaliation threat, and declining to declare the consequences Putin will receive from the U.S. is tacit approval. Presenting Putin’s threat of yet another warcrime (since all illegal invasion and bombing of Ukraine is a warcrime under international law), without challenging it, is tacit approval.
The first three question that should be asked of President Trump:
(1) Why did you give tacit approval to Putin to retaliate on Ukraine?;
(2) The Kremlin has been floating the idea of a nuclear response. Did you explain any consequences to Putin from the United States if he drops a tactical nuke?
(3) Given the Putin will not allow a ceasefire, only makes maximalist demands and clearly is stonewalling on peace – are you asking the world to wait two more weeks before conceding that Russia does not want peace? Will there be a decisive response from the White House?
Note that President Trump and Kellogg are both describing Operation Spider’s Web as an “attack on Russia’s docked airplanes” – perhaps suggesting that this was somehow unfair.
It is hard to believe that even a fraction of a percent of Americans voted for Trump to approve Russian strikes on Ukraine.
DW Phillips is a journalist, a filmmaker and an attorney who directs for Ukraine Story, a foundation for documentary reporting.
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A Legal Distinction for the President to Learn
Every bullet fired by Russia against Ukraine is a warcrime.
Every defensive measure taken by Ukraine against Russia within the Laws of Armed Conflict is lawful.
For years, I taught Just War Theory to attorneys, law students, and judges. It is a field intertwined with the Laws of Armed Conflict (LOAC), international law, treaty obligations, and the rules of war. These legal frameworks are grounded in a long ethical tradition that stretches back to the Code of Justinian, the teachings of Augustine and Aquinas, the writings of Grotius, the Mosaic laws, and the rise of Western civilization.
The rules of war form the moral backbone of Western legal culture. It is no coincidence that as Europe became Christianized, one of the earliest expectations placed on newly baptized pagan rulers was the renunciation of violence against non-combatants—especially women and children. (See Adomnán’s Law of the Innocents.) Today, the prohibition against targeting civilians is a foundational tenet of international law.
Yes, history is filled with examples of hypocrisy. But that does not negate the existence of the standard itself. On the contrary, the post-World War II order clarified, codified, and elevated these norms as essential to global civilization.
By contrast, the Russian state—under both Soviet and now Russian Federation—has consistently paid lip service to international law while rejecting its moral and legal foundations. Russian and Soviet ethics elevate the state above God, society, and the individual. The state is the highest authority. In such a system, rape, murder, torture, and looting are not just tolerated in military operations—they are treated as virtues and instruments of power that serve Kremlin’s interests. There is no higher law than the will of the Russian state.
Which brings us to Operation Spider’s Web—and the urgent need for moral clarity from the White House after yet another troubling call between Trump and Putin.
Let’s break this down in simple terms:
Ukraine – Spider’s Web is praiseworthy, ethical, and lawful.
Russia – Every single bullet fired against Ukraine is a war crime.
Ukraine – Targeting Russian weapons on Russian soil that are killing Ukrainian civilians is honorable, lawful and necessary.
Russia – Military retaliation against Ukraine for Operation Spider’s Web is a war crime under international law, and a violation of the U.N. Charter
What does this mean?
No American president can ethically give Russia a pass for aggression against Ukraine—even if framed as retaliation. Every successful Ukrainian defense effort deserves the gratitude of the free world. Every act of Russian violence, no matter how minor, should be labeled for what it is: a war crime. We must be prepared to capture or eliminate those responsible, bringing them to justice before the world.
DW Phillips, Esq.
Director/Producer Ukraine Story
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Comment from :
Sergiu Simion
This is the most concise definition of the Russian terrorist state, which shows that Russia “has no borders” and that it is in reality the adversary of humanity and civilization. The only remark is that Russia mimicked respect for international law only until the next day when it violated it, being famous for violating signed treaties (if it respects international law it does not attack all the surrounding states out of the blue!) and only enough to get to the Security Council, where it has remained illegally and from where it no longer wants to leave.
Finally, the rejection of the moral and legal foundations of international law defines a pariah state that, cultivating genocide, criminality, torture, rape and robbery as virtues, places itself in the criminal and abominable zone, namely in the position of the Goa’uld of human civilization.
Ryan Carter
This is really good DW. The moral distinction really is the line between justice and barbarism. Ukraine is defending its people, its homes, its right to exist. Russia is waging a war of terror. We can’t afford to allow that line to blurred. This is about standing up for what’s right and calling evil by its name.
Tetiana Goncharko
Thank you for sharing this, Sir! Insightful, well written and explained and most importantly straight to the point ! Well spot on. Russians don’t stop and their aggression knows no borders.
DW Phillips comments:
Even more insidious – President Trump is working with a war criminal state (Russia) getting weapons to kill civilians from their partner war criminal state (Iran) to address nuclear proliferation with Iran. This is a fundamental betrayal of the Trump “peace” process, and an unholy alliance with a nation (Russia) threatening to use nukes against the civilians of Ukraine. The President should be called out on this.
D.R.
Asset Trump has clearly been emboldening Putin, who is more willing to make nuclear threats because of their cozy relationship. Trump’s so called criticism of Putin lately is just their “play-fighting” theater to fool people, as they are both out to plunder Ukraine. They play “good cop bad cop” while both working to topple Ukrainian democracy and steal their resources.
If nukes are used, may the winds quickly carry maximum radioactivity to Moscow!
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-solovyov-nuclear-strikes-airfields-2080211
Stephen Burke
Germany, UK, Italy and France need to provide more material support to Ukraine and turbo charge its production of killer drones. More importantly, satellite imaging and satellite communication technology must be prioritized to the front line. With musk undergoing a damascene conversion in real time, the implosion of Trump is only a matter of time. It’s gonna be one hell of a supernova folks!
Mark Palka
Ukraine signed agreements with both US and ruzzia to give up nukes in exchange for security – look at what happened – does anyone actually think that Iran is so stupid to trust either? … and the same goes for N. Korea.
A sinister geriatric bastard who has built an entire regime based on anti-Ukraine hatred is menacing Ukraine constantly.
That is IN ADDITION to putler, jinping, kim, khamenie and orbanaZi.
Now, who will help Ukraine?
“It is hard to believe that even a fraction of a percent of Americans voted for Trump to approve Russian strikes on Ukraine.”
Apart from Fucker Karlsonov, Stephen Bannonov, Jim Hoft, Krasnov Jr, Moscow Margorie, Tulsi Gabbardova, Brainworm Kennedy, Ivan Muskovy, Alex Jones, tovarisch Colonel Douglas Macgregorov, their many fans and all the rest of the magaputler shitheads.
Quite honestly, the hate propaganda, lies, and pure bile these creatures constantly vomits works only on people with a low IQ and without any sense of morals. This reflects very badly on our country’s education system and how badly millions of Americans are being raised. I think our drug problems are also worse than we can imagine. Lastly, perhaps incest has also done its fair share of damage.
Trump is the product of decades worth of rot and decay in our society.
We are also on the cusp of something very nasty in Britain. Nigel Farage is leading in the polls and is on course to be the next PM.
His Reform Party is somewhat like the modern GOP; it has its own putler wing, which is growing. They have their own shills in the media and they all follow cunts like Fucker Karlsonov, Moscow Marge, Candace Owens, Alex Jones etc.
Owens has a British husband who shills for Reform. They are both big friends of Farage.
Many of Farage’s supporters are men who purchased putler mail order brides. They are fanatic putlerites and can be seen commenting with the kremtrolls in UK conservative media.