US military volunteers fighting for Zelensky’s foreign legion label Trump a ‘coward’ who won’t stand up to Putin

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1. ***The Telegraph reports***:

   US military volunteers fighting alongside Ukraine’s armed forces have branded President Donald Trump a “jackass” over his peace talks with Vladimir Putin, saying Ukraine’s future was not a “business deal”.

   Hundreds of former US troops have fought on Kyiv’s side in the conflict over the last three years, following Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s creation of the International Legion at the start of the war.

   Most have reacted furiously to the news last week of Mr Trump’s private phone call to Putin, in which he apparently ruled out Nato membership for Kyiv and conceded that Moscow could keep Ukrainian territory it has currently occupied.

   “F— Trump and his sh—y supposed peace deal,” said Ryan O’Leary, an Iraq war veteran who leads Chosen Company, one of the largest foreign volunteer units in Ukraine.

   “Any peace deal is ultimately up to Ukrainians alone, who should be included directly in talks. Neither Trump nor his administration should have any say in how the war ends. Only the soldiers and the Ukrainian people should have that say, not some jackass and his jackass cabinet members sitting behind their white picket-fenced houses on a golf course.”

   Ex-US soldiers are believed to make up the largest national contingent of Western military volunteers in Ukraine, at least 50 dying in combat and many more coming home seriously injured.

   They regard Mr Trump’s concessions as squandering both their own military sacrifices and those of their Ukrainian comrades – a sentiment reflected in their distinctly undiplomatic language.

   “Trump is a coward, sucking Putin’s d—,” said Charles Carter, another US volunteer, who previously served with America’s 101st Airborne Division.

   He said he regretted that Mr Trump had not been shot dead by the assassin whose bullet nicked his ear during a campaign appearance last July.

   “The fact that the bullet missed his f—ing face by only an inch is a worldwide travesty.”

   **Full story:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/17/trump-deal-putin-us-military-volunteers-ukraine-peace/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/17/trump-deal-putin-us-military-volunteers-ukraine-peace/)

2. I could see Trump calling them traitors and demanding they all get imprisoned for treason against the united states in retaliation….

3. I found quite a good post about the Chosen Company, the foreign volunteer unit mentioned in the article.

   [https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1cwd04k/comment/l4uzuen/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1cwd04k/comment/l4uzuen/)

   If you’re interested in supporting them, you might be able to be matched with a volunteer from this unit!

   [https://protectavolunteer.com/](https://protectavolunteer.com/)

4. It’s now or never time for Europe

   If European nations don’t act quickly, they are not only going to get left off a seat at the US / China / Russia table now and years to come, but any ‘peace in Ukraine’ along its current suggestions endangers their own sovereignty in years to come.

   The question is can they keep their democratic institutions alive while playing Trump’s game. The old system of debating the merits of this and that is quickly running out of time, and waiting to see what happens is no longer an option. European leaders need to stop complaining about DJT and make some bold decisions.

   They only stay in this game by putting immediate pressure on Putin & Trump. Here’s how I imagine they could (in no particular order):

   — kick Hungary out of of the EU

   — kick Slovenia out of the EU

   — start brokering new military equipment deals with Turkey, Australia, and South Korea. Show that you can spend money elsewhere

   — Start immediately funding large scale manufacturing projects for defense related goals on a 3-5 year time horizon in Germany, Poland, Italy, and France.

   — same as above for new energy projects to divest from Russian gas

   — take out money in their sovereign funds in the us stock market, or make investment conditional

   — lots of Americans (especially wealthy ones) would be very unhappy if they couldn’t travel to Europe and pretend to be cultured. Start imposing ridiculously taxes or costs on US travel to European nations to send a message

   — broker a deal with Turkey to prevent passing of Russian ships

   — invest heavily in Ukraine’s present arms industry, and send troops there to protect their own business interests

   — Invite Canada into the EU

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