I served within the Trump administration and fiercely defended the previous president. Throughout his administration, no dictator dared do something near what Vladimir Putin is doing in Ukraine now. However the issues some America-first conservatives at the moment are saying about Mr. Putin alarm me.
I observed this after I condemned Russia’s invasion in a gaggle chat with Trump appointees. One replied with a Z, the pro-Russia warfare image. One made a vulgar suggestion that President Volodymyr Zelensky was crooked. Others supported Ukraine, and it was clear our group was splitting into two factions.
