Next They’ll be Cheering ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fella” on Hitler’s Birthday

President Trump’s team Inside the Beltway is confused about which side United States of America is supposed to support. Or perhaps the officials never considered favoring Ukraine and President Zelenskyy on any occasion over Evil Empire called Russia and its dictator Vladimir Putin.

It defies America’s 250-year commitment to democracy and human rights. It defies the principles set down by Thomas Jefferson, Bejamin Franklin, John Adams, George Washington and the other Founding Fathers.

Recognizing a country like Russia that is led by Putin, a perpetrator of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, is a mockery of American values! The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for  Putin, and his comrade-in-crimes Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian commissioner for children’s rights, for the war crime of unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children during the Russo-Ukraine War. The warrant against Putin is the first against the leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

The United States oddly began recognizing Russia Day on June 12, 1992. This date commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on June 12, 1990, a misnomer if there ever was one. The RSFSR later became the Russian Federation, which substantiates the explanation of some that a country called “Russia” doesn’t exist in any directory. You can’t point to borders of Russia like you can to Ukraine and the United States.

According to one flawed explanation, Russia Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR in 1990 – sovereignty from what, itself? – and the subsequent first free and fair elections in 1991 – yes, at the point of a bayonet. Official sources falsely claim that these events marked significant steps towards the establishment of the modern Russian Federation and the principles of independence, freedom, and the rule of law—as the handful of dissidents. The U.S. uses the bogus holiday to reaffirm its desire for peace and mutually beneficial relations with Russia. 

Regardless of the hypocrisy imbued in these words, today, Secretary of State Marco Rubio displayed macabre fawning over the Russian people on this occasion.

“On behalf of the American people, I want to congratulate the Russian people on Russia Day.

“The United States remains committed to supporting the Russian people as they continue to build on their aspirations for a brighter future. We also take this opportunity to reaffirm the United States’ desire for constructive engagement with the Russian Federation to bring about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine. It is our hope that peace will foster more mutually beneficial relations between our countries,” Rubio said.

First of all, there is no evidence that the so-called Russian people, which are not a singular people but rather a mishmash of Euro-Asian tribes, seek a democratic Russia, which has also never existed, or oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine and the murder of innocent, unarmed Ukrainian men, women and children. They even don’t care that one million of their citizens in uniforms have been killed in their war. If they’re to convince the free world that they are different, they must renounce and denounce Putin/Russia.

Furthermore, a rabid anti-Ukrainian mentality lives in the souls and hearts of all Russians which keeps them from pushing to end the war that they again resumed.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha‎ castigated countries that extended good wishes to Moscow, as Rubio congratulated the Russian people on Russia Day.

No senior U.S. official before Rubio had congratulated Russia on its national day since the Kremlin began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. No other allied Western leaders have done so this year either.

Sybiha said at a meeting in Rome that it was “particularly unpleasant” for him to read “the public congratulations from certain countries to the Russian aggressor,” though he did not specifically name the countries in question.

By the way, for the diplocrats in Foggy Bottom, get your voices in tune for a hearty rendition of “For he’s a jolly good fella” on Hitler’s birthday April 20, and the establishment of the Nazi Party on February 20.