Trump savaged by former US presidential candidate who calls on UK to ‘protect democracy’ | World | News
America is no longer interested “in guarding liberty” and the UK and Europe must “assume the sacred mantle” of defending democracy around the world, according to a former US Presidential candidate.
The stark warning comes as Western politicians and security experts fear that Donald Trump is about to sell out Ukraine as he tries to make a quick peace deal with Russia.
The White House has already suggested that it is prepared to allow Vladimir Putin to keep the territory it has already seized in Ukraine after three years of fighting.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told a recent NATO summit it was “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders.
He also stymied Ukraine‘s aspirations to join NATO, which Kyiv considers essential to its security.
Furthermore, Trump is putting pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky to allow the US to access Ukraine’s mineral resources, threatening to cut off military aid if he refuses.
In a statement penned as a call to action sent to the Express, the former US presidential candidate who wished to remain anonymous said: “We have recently witnessed a radical transformation in US foreign policy, a calculated and coordinated shift that seems to put the United States at the centre of a new power-sharing arrangement — one that carves the world into spheres of influence, dividing it among America, Russia, and China.
“This is not an embrace of a new doctrine or isolationism, but sleight-of-hand — an illusion designed to justify the abandonment of reason, friendships, and trust.”
They argued that Trump’s shift towards a more assertive and aggressive “America first” foreign policy echoed the “tragic missteps of past superpowers” that tried to dictate and dominate.
The source urged the UK and Europe to “protect democracy and safeguard human life”, but also warned that no nation was safe from “the dangers of our time – misinformation, populism, the corrupting influence of money in politics, and the unrelenting ambitions of those who seek power above all else.”
European leaders are attending a summit in Kyiv as the war in Ukraine reaches its three-year mark.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told the summit that the West needed to step up the delivery of weapons and ammunition.
She added that the war remains “the most central and consequential crisis for Europe’s future”.
“It is not only the destiny of Ukraine at stake; it is Europe’s destiny at stake,” she said.
Von der Leyen announced an extra €3.5 billion (£3bn) in aid, on top of the €135 billion (£112bn) in existing EU support for Ukraine.
The British Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s willingness to deploy troops on the ground in any ceasefire.
Sir Keir Starmer told the summit via video link: “If Ukraine fails, Europe will be next.
“That is what’s at stake here. That is why we will always stand with Ukraine and with our allies.”
