Chris Matthews: “Does Anybody Think That Donald Trump Will Put American Troops In Ukraine To Defend That Country?”
Chris Matthews told MS-NOW’s “Morning Joe” that the deal presented by Donald Trump to the Ukrainians “is a Russian deal — cooked up for the Russians.” “Why reduce the size of the Ukrainian government, the army, unless you intend to fight after the battle? After the deal, more fighting,” he said. “The Russians are not quitting. They may cut a deal that’s favorable to them in the short run, but they’re coming back again.” “Does anybody think that Donald Trump will put American troops in Ukraine to defend that country, or will lead NATO troops in that country? I don’t see it.”
CHRIS MATTHEWS: This thing smells from the beginning. When people say, “Is this Russia’s plan?” – who else’s would it be? Who else would have cooked up this plan? Six hundred thousand troops by the Ukrainians – that is a post-Munich decision. After the deal was made, the deal Trump will be in love with. After the deal, who’s going to defend Ukraine? And it’s going to be a smaller army against a larger portion of their country taken away already. They didn’t win on the battlefield. They’ll have a larger portion. No NATO troops – that means no U.S. troops. Does anybody trust Donald Trump to go to war to defend Ukraine after the deal? Whatever happens, the aggressor Russians – who are set on aggression, that’s what they want, that’s their motive in life, that’s Putin’s motive in life – does anybody think that Donald Trump will put American troops in Ukraine to defend that country, or will lead NATO troops in that country? I don’t see it. And I think everything in this deal – and I think it is a Russian deal – is cooked up for the Russians. Why reduce the size of the Ukrainian government, the army, unless you intend to fight after the battle? After the deal, more fighting. That’s why you would restrict NATO troops – because you want to fight after the deal. The Russians are not quitting. They may cut a deal that’s favorable to them in the short run, but they’re coming back again. And if you’re Vladimir Putin [presumably he meant Zelensky], you must say: this president of the United States has beat me up in the Oval Office, he has been kissing Russia since the day he’s been in office. The intelligence agencies say that’s what he was for in the first election. He is pro-Russian all the way. Why should I trust him?
