Zel’s impossible place: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: President Trump pushing Ukraine to just accept a deal that will flip control of Crimea over to Russia.
President Trump’s fixed chorus that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has no cards” coldly reveals a contemptuous perspective towards a pro-Western nation that has its back up towards the wall (“Trump’s Ukraine Mire,” Editorial, April 24).
Judging from the administration’s abysmal silence on Russia’s wanton breaches of two latest cease-fire agreements, and given all of the concessions Team Trump is now keen to grant to that revanchist regime, one has to marvel if Mad Vlad has an American ace up his sleeve.
Clearly Trump is no Ronald Reagan.
James Hyland
Beechhurst
Zelensky has seemingly run out of choices and should now face actuality (“Don pushes Kyiv to take deal,” April 24).
Without the entire backing of Trump, he can’t win the struggle and dangers shedding more territory, more troopers and possibly even his presidency.
Crimea has been in Russian control for years, and he’s not getting it back. Russia will probably be content material to play the long sport, and Trump is close to chopping support , which is able to solely embolden Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Take the deal, Volodymyr. Before it’s too late.
Rob Feuerstein
Staten Island
Zelensky’s effort to get Ukraine membership in NATO has resulted in a disastrous three-year struggle.
Zelensky’s like a gambler on the poker desk who has misplaced all his money, billions of American {dollars} and billions of Euros, plus a era of males and a good chunk of his nation —and he refuses to acknowledge that he’s operating out of chips.
Donathan Salkaln
Manhattan
I’m a 76-year-old English man. My view and the view of so many English people is that we don’t have a lot time in your President Donald Trump.
He’s thought-about bully and a little bit of a thug who ought to by no means have ever been voted in as president.
His remedy of Ukraine is a shame, and he’s very a lot on the facet of Russia. He is promoting it out by telling Putin (a struggle legal) he can keep Crimea and most of the land Russia has stolen from Ukraine.
Barry Hurst
Wigan, UK
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The Issue: Lawmakers’ consideration of a invoice that will legalize assisted suicide for terminal sufferers.
Not glad with eradicating all restrictions towards abortion, together with up to the second of beginning, New York Democrats now need to move a invoice legalizing assisted suicide (“Pols eye assisted suicide,” April 23).
It is changing into more and more clear that the “D” following these lawmakers’ names stands for “death.”
Dennis Ricupero
Port Chester
It’s unlucky that The Post selected to make use of the time period “assisted suicide” in its headline to explain the Medical Aid in Dying Act.
People who, as required on this invoice, have much less than six months to reside need nothing more than to reside, however they received’t. They are dying.
Given that almost all devastating information, they need to at the very least have a modicum of control over their final days.
This invoice would give them that present, after they must face shedding all the things else, and the potential of excessive ache that generally can’t be managed.
The very well-written invoice, which has extraordinary safeguards and relies on a long time of expertise across the nation within the 11 jurisdictions that enable it, would allow a particular person to die peacefully at home at a time of their selecting and surrounded by their family members. I would like that selection.
Karin Johnson
Rockville Centre
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