Didn’t Trump Get the Email about Putin’s Imperial Aspirations?

It seems as if the entire free world is aware of the global danger posed by Russia and Putin.

Leaders of old Europe are conscious of this and have been preparing to stop Russia’s encroachment on its territory if necessary.

Leaders of the former captive nations, who know the meaning of Russian subjugation, are also concerned by Moscow’s threats, its bombardment of Ukrainian cities and towns, and killings of innocent civilians. They are taking steps to protect their homelands from Russian invaders such as increasing its military budgets and building a new Maginot Line.

It seems that the only national leader who’s not concerned is President Donald J. Trump of the United States. To be truthful, he has expressed his displeasure and concern at Putin’s bombardment of Ukraine and frustration at the Russian dictator’s murderous behavior and refusal to stop the war he began in February 2022. But is that all that the White House capable of doing? Whining?

The latest alarms were sounded by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He warned Monday, September 8, that Putin’s “imperialist plan wouldn’t end with the conquest of Ukraine but would rather be just the start.”

Merz told a conference of Germany’s ambassadors that “we are experiencing daily and with increasing intensity hybrid Russian attacks, including on our infrastructure” and pointed to Moscow’s “provocations in the North and Baltic Seas.”

Germany has been Ukraine’s second-biggest supplier of military aid since Russia invaded Ukraine and has been on high alert for sabotage plots directed from Moscow.

Merz has moved to ramp up Germany’s defense capacities in the face of Trump’s questioning of the future strength of the transatlantic alliance and wants Germany to have Europe’s strongest conventional army.

“We have historic tasks, namely building a new security architecture which should last for several decades to come,” Merz said. “What we referred to as the liberal world order is under pressure from many sides, including within the political West,” he added.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer also issued a stark warning to Trump about his approach regarding Putin. Starmer said the Russian dictator “could not be trusted” over attempts to end the war in Ukraine.

Starmer told a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing countries backing Ukraine that “Putin could not be trusted as he continued to delay peace talks and simultaneously carry out egregious attacks on Ukraine”.

“That was further underlined by the indiscriminate attacks in Kyiv last week, causing significant damage to the British Council and EU delegation buildings,” he added.

Even in the wake of the latest Russian bombardment that damaged a government building in Kyiv and the stalled peace process, Trump remains confident that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in its war is reachable.

Trump addressed the state of the peace talks on Sunday night, stressing to reporters that “We’re going to get it done.”

“The Russia-Ukraine situation — we're going to get it done. I have confidence we’re going to get it done," the President said, pointing to the peace deals he has brokered throughout his second term thus far.

“Think of it, I got seven done, all of which were impossible to do,” Trump said, before adding that he thought a deal in the Ukraine war would be the “easiest” to reach.

Sadly, every Trump utterance about the war demonstrates that he knows very little about the issues and Russia’s unquenchable desire to subjugate Ukraine.

Where will the next invasion begin? The Baltic States have been frequently mentioned as a possible starting point for a Russian invasion of NATO territory. There are fears that a future peace agreement in the war with Ukraine, which could allow Russia to maintain control over occupied eastern Ukraine, would embolden Putin’s forces and lead to an advance on former members of the Soviet Union, reported The Mirror in Britain.

Analysts believe the Baltic States are most vulnerable, with Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia providing Russia with greater sea access and thus potentially posing a risk to the Nordic countries, Poland, and Germany.

Russian forces struck Ukraine with its largest air attack since the war began on Sunday, September 7, launching a mass of drones, decoys and missiles.

Ukraine’s Air Force said 810 drones and decoys were used in the strike, including at least 13 missiles. Ukrainian forces intercepted 747 of the drones and four of the missiles.

At least two people were killed and 20 people injured in Kyiv. Total casualty reports are not yet available.

Hits from nine missiles and 54 drones were recorded at 33 locations across Ukraine, and the debris of shot down targets fell at eight locations, the Air Force said.

The government facility that was struck in the attack was the Cabinet of Ministers building. 

The building is the home of Ukraine’s Cabinet, housing the offices of its ministers. Police blocked access to the building as fire trucks and ambulances arrived.

“For the first time, the government building was damaged by an enemy attack, including the roof and upper floors,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in a statement. “We will restore the buildings, but lost lives cannot be returned. The world must respond to this destruction not only with words, but with actions. There is a need to strengthen sanctions pressure — primarily against Russian oil and gas.”

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said in a statement Sunday that the strike on the cabinet building was part of a sweeping attack on cities across the country, including Sumy, Kremenchuk, Odesa, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia.

Russia used more than 800 drones, as well as four ballistic missiles and nine cruise missiles in the attack, making it the largest such strike since the war began, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in its own statement.

At least four people were killed in the broader airstrike, Zelenskyy said in an earlier statement. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that at least one of the people killed was a child.

“In Kyiv, the rubble is still being cleared – there may still be bodies beneath it. The Cabinet of Ministers building has been damaged. As of now, more than forty people have been reported injured across the country, 20 of them in Kyiv,” Zelenskyy said, demanding that the West responds to this attack in the strongest way possible.

By the way, the latest Trump threat against Russia has come and gone on September 5, 2025, without any consequences.