They walked on a carpet of blood #Trump #Putin

Soldiers kneeling on the tarmac,
an image seared into history,
rolling out a red carpet, vacuumed,
supplicants, pawns, servile, angry,
welcoming a murderer, a pariah, Putin,
the butcher in the bunker, a madman…
Standing attention for a dictator
strutting on our sovereign land…
 
Welcomed by the crime boss,
the erstwhile leader, pathetic,
Trump, the aspiring strongman,
a sycophant, an agent, a candidate,
stoking the flames of division,
beholden to the Kremlin, to Putin…
B2 bombers overhead, fighters,
projecting an appearance of strength…
 
They walked on a carpet of blood,
warm blood, the color of crimson,
over the dead bodies strewn, left,
like the streets of Bucha, an indictment,
their shoes dripping with innocent blood,
his victims in Ukraine, his casualties…
Given a platform, a microphone,
to spew his endless bile of lies…
 
Mocking the power of our state,
diminishing the status of America
by the lies, the delays, the compliments,
stroking the ego of the strongman,
dividing America from Europe…
The country of Ukraine fights,
standing strong, resolute, united,
until they achieve a just peace…

 
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August 16, 2025
They walked on a carpet of blood
 
Putin/Trump meeting in Anchorage, Alaska
Edited August 14, 2025
Shared Responsibility – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/shared-responsibility-v2.html
August 9, 2025
Joint Statement of European Leaders
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-leaders-statement-on-peace-for-ukraine
August 11, 2024 statement in Brussels
https://x.com/DelphineColard/status/1954921635989131715
Edited July 15, 2025
Delay is Murder – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/delay-is-murder-v2.html
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
and Twitter post by @yes_ukraine July 11, 2025
https://x.com/yes_ukraine/status/1943644762117931019
“During the discussion "No Security – No Recovery", organized by Victor Pinchuk Foundation and YES on the occasion of URC in Rome, Khrystyna Boychuk, Officer, National Guard of Ukraine, called for more weapons for Ukraine and more decisive support of European states: “We cannot hold the front line forever. Ukrainians will keep fighting, but if you want the front line to stay where it is, your time has come. We need weapons, we need equipment, we need technologies, air defense, we need responsibility. Shared responsibility.”
Ukraine Recovery Conference (July 9 – July 11, 2025)
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
 
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