‘I’ll Bomb Moscow’ as Russia launches 700 Drones against Ukraine

President Donald Trump’s hitherto amicable, supportive relations with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin turned dramatically belligerent as news emerged that Trump had threatened to bomb Moscow in order to defend Ukraine.

At the same time Russia launched a record-setting 700 drones against Ukraine in its ongoing effort to defeat, subdue and return to captivity all of Ukraine.

At a Cabinet meeting and encounters with reporters this week, Trump admitted his change of heart regarding Putin.

Trump was quoted as saying Tuesday, July 8, that he’s “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, saying Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine is “killing a lot of people” on both sides. Actually, Russia’s bombardment of residential locations has killed significantly more civilians than Ukraine’s drone attacks against Russian targets.

"I'm not happy with him, I can tell you that much right now. This is killing a lot of people," Trump said of Putin during a meeting with his Cabinet.

Trump again expressed frustration with Putin’s resistance to a peace deal, complaining that the Russian dictator was throwing “a lot of bullshit” at the US. “I’m not happy with Putin,” he said during a Cabinet meeting. “I’m very unhappy with them.”

As we warned in the past, Trump finally acknowledged that ending the latest chapter of Russia’s war against Ukraine has “turned out to be tougher” than he expected. The principal reason is that Trump and his entourage lacked the knowledge and comprehension about the genesis of the war, i.e., Moscow’s centuries old imperial wish to defeat, occupy and subjugated Ukraine and Ukrainians.

In its article, the Associated Press noted the complexity of dealing with Russia and its leaders of any ilk: “Still, his expressing open displeasure with Putin — especially after approving a resumption of U.S. weapons to Ukraine — underscores how much Trump’s thinking on Russia and Ukraine policy has shifted since he returned to the White House in January. It also lays bare how tricky navigating the ongoing conflict has proved to be.”

The latest Cabinet meeting comments came a day after Trump said the United States will now send more weapons to Ukraine — radically reversing an earlier announcement of a pause in critical, previously approved firepower deliveries to Kyiv in the midst of concerns that America’s own military stockpiles have declined too much. The earlier decision caught free world leaders by surprise and evoked their concern and disapproval.

“We wanted (to) put defensive weapons (in). Putin is not, he’s not treating human beings right,” Trump said during the Cabinet meeting, explaining the pause’s reversal. “It's killing too many people. So, we’re sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine and I've approved that.”

Trump added emphatically: “I will say, the Ukrainians were brave. But we gave them the best equipment ever made.”

It was also revealed this week that Trump told a private gathering of donors last year that he once sought to deter Putin from attacking Ukraine by threatening to “bomb the shit out of Moscow” in retaliation, according to audio provided to CNN.

“With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the shit out of Moscow. I’m telling you I have no choice,’” Trump said during one 2024 fundraiser, according to the audio. “And then [Putin] goes, like, ‘I don’t believe you.’ But he believed me 10%.”

The remarks, which came as Trump made his case for a second term, were among those captured in a series of audio tapes of 2024 fundraisers in New York and Florida, which were later obtained by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf, who detailed some of the exchanges in their new book, “2024.” The audio has not previously been aired. The Trump campaign declined to comment on the content of the tapes.

As for Russia’s latest aerial assault, at least one person has been killed after Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday.

The massive attack involved 728 drones and 13 missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force said, eclipsing the previous record number of 539 drones, set on July 4, by hundreds – but it was largely repelled, with the damage limited. One civilian in the western Ukrainian district of Khmelnytskyi suffered fatal injuries from debris from a Shahed drone, local authorities said.

The White House’s surprising policy transformation into a genuine war of words with the evil empire surely caught Putin and the free world by surprise. Hopefully it won’t be a fleeting expression of disgust but rather a major plank in America’s policies toward Ukraine and Russia.