General Hodges accused Trump of weakening Ukraine for the sake of Russian interests

Lesya Leshchenko16:04, 21.10.26

According to Hodges, the current course of the American administration towards Ukraine was predictable from the very beginning.

US President Donald Trump, through his decisions and actions, is weakening Ukraine’s defense capabilities and creating additional pressure on Kyiv to force it to agree to territorial concessions to Russia, former US Army Lieutenant General Ben Hodges said in an interview with Euronews .

A U.S. military official speaking at a press conference, with various microphones in front of him, on the left; on the right, a well-known American political figure looking serious against a backdrop featuring the U.S. flag.

“He was never going to support Ukraine and he was going to side with Russia, all the signs of that were there from the beginning. I don’t trust the honesty of this administration about what they’re doing with Russia for Ukraine or against it. What he did with Ukraine was completely predictable,” he said.

Hodges believes that Washington is trying to persuade the Ukrainian authorities to end the war on terms that will allow Russia to retain the occupied territories.

“This has been the administration’s goal from the very beginning, when US Secretary of State Rubio said in his first weeks in office that Ukraine would have to give up some territory to end the war, as if it were a real estate deal in Manhattan,” the former general said.

(C)UNIAN 2026

9 comments

  1. Witless today to putler :

    “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian,” Mr Witkoff was filmed saying, while addressing Putin.

    “You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you and I thank you again.”

    Yes the cocksucker actually said that.
    How to respond to that : there are no words ..

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