I’m beginning to wonder whether there is some sort of gremlin in the White House who sneaks into Donald Trump’s bedroom at night and whispers subliminal messages into his ear while he sleeps, telling him what specific load of bullshit he is going to dump on the world the next day.

Because I honestly can’t think of any other explanation for his turn-on-a-dime changes of thought, opinion and policy concerning every conceivable subject, from his personal relationships to U.S. assistance for Ukraine.

And that latter topic is the one on which he did a complete about-face following the U.N. General Assembly session in New York yesterday.

As Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were heading into a face-to-face meeting, reporters asked Trump whether he would support shooting down Russian aircraft if they violated NATO airspace. His answer was short and simple:

“Yes I do.”

(Ed. Note: Those are fighting words from the “peace president.” From ICE raids to Venezuelan drug dealers to Russian aircraft, he’s looking less and less peaceable by the minute.)

And after sitting down with Zelensky, Trump suddenly turned his ire on his long-time “friend” and would-be trade partner Vladimir Putin, posting on Truth Social:

“Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years, a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win. This is not distinguishing Russia. In fact, it is very much making them look like ‘a paper tiger.’ Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act . . . [to] take back their Country in its original form and, who knows, maybe even go further than that!” [Farrah Tomazin, The Daily Beast, September 23, 2025.]

(Ed. Note: “Paper tiger”? “Go further than that”? Uh-oh! Has the gauntlet been thrown?)

Then he added that, “After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.” [RFE/RL, September 23, 2025.]

It only took him three and a half years to “fully understand” the situation — not to mention the entire length of his presidential campaign during which he said he would be able to end the war within 24 hours of being elected. And he seems to have forgotten that, having failed to produce that little miracle, he has spent months urging Zelensky to cede some 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory to Russia in order to put a stop to the slaughter . . . which, by the way, he implied Ukraine had brought upon itself.

Later, in a solo news conference, Zelensky talked about the “big shift” in Trump’s position, and the fact that his understanding of the situation in Ukraine is now much clearer:

“Trump had a relationship with Putin and he trusted him. Putin was telling Trump fairytales…. I told Trump that Putin will not wait for the end of his war in Ukraine — he will try to find a weak spot in NATO and this is already happening … Putin will want to ‘exchange’ one war for another.” [Id.]

Aha! So, about those recent Russian incursions into NATO airspace . . .

So, for today at least, the U.S. is officially pro-Ukraine and anti-Russia. I can hardly wait to see what tomorrow has in store for us.

I wish I knew how to contact that White House gremlin.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
9/24/25