Putin just stabbed his biggest admirer in the back. Russia has handed Iran targeting intelligence that could be used to strike American warships, aircraft, and military assets across the region, and the betrayal here is almost too brazen to process. This is the same Vladimir Putin that trump has coddled, defended, and bent American foreign policy around for years. And now? Putin is quietly helping America’s enemies kill American soldiers.
The Washington Post broke the story, later confirmed by the AP, that Moscow has been feeding Tehran the precise locations of American troops, ships, and aircraft, marking the first known sign that Russia has actively inserted itself into the conflict that the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran just last week. All while trump stands at the podium still talking about what a great peace deal Putin might deliver. The audacity is staggering. The Kremlin’s spokesman refused to confirm or deny any intelligence sharing, offering nothing but a slippery non-answer about being “in dialogue” with Iranian leadership.
And the White House response to all of this? Press secretary Karoline Leavitt looked reporters in the eye and said that whether or not Russia is helping Iran target American troops, it “doesn’t really matter” because the U.S. is winning anyway. Who knows how many American soldiers are already dead and Putin is allegedly helping aim the weapons pointed at the rest of them? And the administration that promised to put America first just told the world that a hostile foreign power arming America’s enemies is, frankly, no big deal. The personal humiliation for trump is one thing. The danger to American lives is quite another.
