To grasp the treachery of Trump's actions, consider what a stunning success Ukraine has been for America.

First, Ukraine, a country that was firmly within the sphere of influence of an Iranian and North Korean ally, was successfully dislodged and sought to join America's sphere of influence instead.

Then, Russia fell into the perfect trap. Hundreds of thousands of Russians have been killed, yet not a single American soldier has been lost. Their energy infrastructure is being destroyed, which benefits American competitors. Now, Russian data centers used to train military AI models for drones and process satellite data for Iran are destroyed.

And what is Trump doing? He's threatening to withhold U.S. intelligence data, which would have been collected in any case, threatening arms sales paid for by Europe, and restricting the Starlink service, which is also fully paid, in order to protect Russian infrastructure. In other words, he's sabotaging one of the most successful U.S. operations in history by rejecting foreign money that benefits the American defense industry in order to protect an American enemy.