Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator

It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted felon and an accused war criminal joining forces against a democracy.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has taken the side of a brutal dictator, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, who invaded Ukraine, and he has left Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swinging in the wind, centre.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, and courtesy Flickr/Gage Skidmore/World Economic Forum

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

February 24, 2025

HALIFAX—I rarely write in the first person in this space, and that is how it should be. My column is devoted to issues and ideas, not me.

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