Trump Parrots Putin, And Courts Him on Iran
The Absurdity of Asking a Terrorist State to Mediate With Another Terrorist State
Donald Trump’s latest call with Vladimir Putin was not just disgraceful—it was absurd. In a Truth Social post following their conversation, Trump echoed Kremlin propaganda, declaring that Putin “will have to respond” to Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russian airbases—an act of verbal surrender that not only legitimized a dictator’s threat again, but failed to exert even the faintest pressure on Russia to stop bombing Ukrainian civilians.
As Ukraine fights for its very survival against an invading force that deliberately targets hospitals, schools, and residential neighborhoods, Trump continues to amplify the rhetoric of the butcher. While Ukraine’s drone strikes are aimed at military targets, Russia’s genocidal war murders children in their sleep. And yet, Trump continues to side with the aggressor, lending legitimacy to a regime that thrives on terror and operates without any regard for international law or human life.
As if parroting a dictator’s threats weren’t enough, Trump then praised the call as “productive” and revealed that he and Putin had discussed Iran’s nuclear program. According to Trump, Putin even offered to help broker a new nuclear deal with Tehran, and Trump welcomed the idea with open arms. It is delusion at the highest levels of power.
"It’s the diplomatic equivalent of asking an arsonist to mediate a fire."
Russia is not a neutral actor in the Iran crisis—it is one of Tehran’s most dangerous nuclear and military enablers. For years, Moscow has supplied Iran with technical expertise, nuclear materials, and advanced weaponry. That alliance only deepened after Russia’s full-scale 2022 genocidal invasion of Ukraine, when Iran began delivering thousands of drones used to destroy civilian infrastructure and terrorize Ukrainian cities. Not long after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Iran sent military personnel to illegally occupied Crimea to train and advise Russian forces on the use of Iranian-made drones—now a central weapon in Moscow’s terror campaign against Ukrainian cities and civilians.
In return, Russia continued to assist Iran’s nuclear ambitions, including through Rosatom’s multi-billion-dollar expansion of the Bushehr nuclear plant—cooperation that blatantly violates U.S. sanctions.
At a January 2025 press conference in Moscow, Putin once again underscored the deepening Russia–Iran alliance, standing beside Iran’s president and framing their nuclear collaboration as a pillar of their strategic partnership. Rosatom’s CEO confirmed the project is advancing “despite sanctions and pressure.”
Donald Trump knows all of this, yet instead of condemning it, he is inviting Putin to be the mediator in a crisis that Moscow itself fuels.
This is a continuation of a dangerous pattern. Trump’s foreign policy has long been defined by fawning admiration for authoritarian thugs and contempt for democratic norms. He sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence in Helsinki, extorted Ukraine by withholding military aid to try and force a fabricated Biden investigation, and shielded Saudi Arabia after the brutal assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Time and again, he has aligned himself with tyrants while turning his back on America’s allies.
Now, he’s elevating Putin again—parroting Kremlin talking points, empowering a terrorist state, and treating Russia like a responsible stakeholder in Iran negotiations, even as it maintains decades-long military partnerships with Iran’s terrorist proxies—Hezbollah and Hamas.
For decades, Russia has cultivated deep ties with terrorist organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, and, more recently, the Houthis. It has supplied these groups with weapons, intelligence, and political cover, using them as proxies to undermine Western influence and sow chaos across the Middle East. In Syria, Russian forces operated joint military command centers with Hezbollah to prop up Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime, coordinating airstrikes and ground operations that killed hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
For decades, Russia has armed and protected terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah—using them as proxies to sow chaos and undermine the West.
Russia has also deepened its engagement with the Houthis—offering diplomatic backing at the United Nations and, according to the Wall Street Journal, providing the group with targeting intelligence for attacks in the Red Sea. In addition, Russian GRU (military intelligence) operatives were reportedly sent to Houthi-controlled territory to advise and support the group directly.
These alliances aren’t incidental but a strategic pillar of Russia’s foreign policy—designed to destabilize regions, prop up fellow authoritarian regimes, and bleed U.S. influence while shielding itself behind layers of proxy violence.
The danger isn’t just that Iran may continue enriching uranium. The far greater threat is that Trump is actively legitimizing and coordinating with Russia—a regime that empowers terrorist states, fuels global extremism, and wages a relentless campaign to dismantle democracy and upend the international order.
Trump claims he wants “peace,” but every decision he makes strengthens those who profit from bloodshed. He insists he’s putting America first, yet he’s placing the world’s most dangerous actors—Russia, Iran, and their terrorist proxies—at the head of the table.
All of this is happening as Trump undermines America’s closest allies and realigns U.S. alliances away from democratic partners toward brutal regimes. It’s not just reprehensible, but a calculated betrayal of the very principles that once defined American leadership on the global stage.
The world is watching. And so are those preparing the next wave of terror, repression, and war.
By consorting with & abetting terrorists aren't Trump's actions treasonous? Or has the Supreme Court forgiven treason as an official act?
#TACO's idea of peace is that everybody surrenders to Putin just like he did.