The mineral rights deal with Ukraine Friday that turned out not quite yet to be is a Rorschach test. If you are an antagonistic world leader, an elected Democrat, or part of Never Trump, Inc., you already hated Donald Trump with the heat of a thousand suns before the meltdown in the Oval Office, and what unfolded confirmed and enhanced your priors.
If you are a charter member of MAGA, and have been pining for someone in the Oval Office to finally put America First, you got everything you voted for last November, and then some, and you have been piling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy online ever since.
Here’s the deal. Once you get past the rhetoric and look at the deal itself, the chronology of how it took shape, and events from over the weekend, it remains the best option on the table. Why? Because it’s the least worst option.
When Vladimir Putin invaded…
