U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), a critic of President Trump and his administration regarding the handling of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, is amplifying The New York Times article ‘6 Takeaways from the Unwinding U.S.-Ukraine Alliance.’
The article was published after Trump met with Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday.
Bacon wrote with a link to the article: “This story should make every red, white & blue American’s blood boil. Rampant infighting & incompetence w/in DoD, negotiators, POTUS & VPOTUS. Weakness towards Russia is also seen as weakness by China. The only guy that comes out looking smart is Kellogg.”
This story should make every red, white & blue American’s blood boil. Rampant infighting & incompetence w/in DoD, negotiators, POTUS & VPOTUS. Weakness towards Russia is also seen as weakness by China. The only guy that comes out looking smart is Kellogg. https://t.co/EJlJAN86ha
— Rep. Don Bacon
(@RepDonBacon) December 31, 2025
[Note: Retired Lt. General Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine, has been a vocal critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and a supporter of Ukraine.]
Influencer Jake Broe, a U.S. Air Force veteran who served as a Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer, replied to Bacon: “Trump does not care about anything other than getting billions of dollars from Putin in ‘business deals.’”
Christopher Tremoglie, a writer for the conservative media outlet The Washington Examiner, asked Bacon, “Do you really trust The NY Times here as a source?” Former U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), replied to Tremoglie on social media with a rolling-eyes GIF that reads, “Here we go.”
Note: Washington-based investigative reporter Adam Entous, who wrote the NYT article and has spent the year “chronicling the hidden story of the negotiations,” was part of The Washington Post team that won a Pulitzer for national reporting for stories on interference by Russia in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Entous was also part of the Times team that won a Pulitzer for international reporting for its investigation into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.