Trump and Putin - Echoes of the Hitler-Stalin Pact?
Self Development # 24 - What the Stalin-Hitler pact teaches us about today's odd alignment between Trump and Putin - and why weak responses to dictators always come at a cost.
Many Forget That Russia - in Partnership with Nazi Germany - started WWII
In the face of aggression - history has taught us a brutal truth - dictators read concessions as weakness. It feeds their ambition. They don’t understand dialogue - only strength - because at their core - they are cowards.
This moment demands moral clarity and political spine.
Ukraine isn’t just fighting for its borders - it’s fighting for the values that define free societies.
In 1939 - the world watched Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Nazi Germany invade Poland together. That alliance lit the match for the most devastating war in human history.
In fact - the Soviets only flipped sides when Hitler turned on them with Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
Until then - they were full partners in conquest.
And when those tides of war shifted the Allies, including 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, and 🇨🇦, poured staggering support into Stalin’s regime - not because he was virtuous - but because the threat was urgent. The numbers are jaw-dropping:
✅ 14,500 aircraft
✅ 12,000 tanks
✅ 450,000 jeeps and trucks
✅ $13 billion to $14 billion 💰
That’s close to $215 billion of💰at today’s value.
Nobody debated whether Stalin was a mass murderer - or whether his alliance with Hitler had already betrayed everything the Allies claimed to stand for.
They backed him anyway - because the cost of doing nothing was worse.
Today - we face no such moral ambiguity.
Ukraine is a democratic nation fighting for its life - led by a president standing against tyranny, not enabling it.
And yet - our response lacks the urgency we once mustered for a dictator who helped start the very war we were fighting.
Every day - Russia commits fresh atrocities in full view of the world.
Every missile - every massacre - every kidnapped child - is a reminder.
They’re not hiding who they are. They’re broadcasting it.
A regime this brazen doesn’t discover humanity through negotiation. It only escalates when we hesitate.
So the real question is no longer what will Putin do?
It’s how much more will we tolerate before we act like we’ve actually learned something?
Now - we’re watching history flirt with repetition.
Putin’s Russia isn’t just invading a neighbour. It’s waging war on the idea of democracy itself. And Trump - now back in office - is playing a deeply familiar role.
Publicly posturing toughness - privately echoing the language - and enabling the logic - of Putin’s regime.
This isn’t guesswork. It’s a pattern.
Trump refuses to condemn Putin clearly.
He undermines support for Ukraine.
He spreads narratives that favour Moscow.
He attacks those calling for stronger action.
Sound familiar?
The alliance may not be signed in ink - but it’s clear for all to see in intent.
Like Stalin and Hitler - this alignment is built not on trust - but on mutual gains.
And once again - the cost is measured in lives.
Ukraine is holding the line not just for its own survival - but for the future of democratic values across the globe.
And yet - the support we’re offering is inconsistent - fragmented - TIMID!
It’s hard to explain how we gave Stalin more than we give Ukraine - unless we admit that our political will is weaker now than it was then.
That should scare us.
Trump’s return to power has emboldened authoritarian movements across the globe.
The message is clear: if you're brutal enough - and connected enough - you won’t be held accountable.
But here’s the thing about tyrants - they never stop - unless they’re made to.
And now that Trump has shown us - again - exactly who he is, we can stop pretending.
The moral leadership vacuum in Washington isn’t a glitch. It’s the plan.
Writers like Steve Schmidt, Michael Cohen, Viktor Kravchuk, and Jim Acosta have been raising these alarms - each in their own voice. The message is clear: democracy won’t defend itself.
Which means the rest of the free world can no longer wait for permission to lead.
Europe - and every democracy that still claims to stand for something - must step forward.
Set the tone.
Shoulder the weight.
Match words with weapons - and values with action.
Because this isn’t just Ukraine’s war.
It’s the monster at the gate.
And history is watching who stands, and who simply watches.
This is not just Ukraine’s fight.
It’s our reckoning.
What would real leadership look like right now - from Europe, from America, from you?
Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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It’s fascinating isn’t it ! Unbelievable! It’s all such a worry ! I must admit I bury my head in the sand a bit but we need people like you and the ones you mentioned in this post to write about it and keep it on the agenda !!! I have no great understanding of politics but war is war and it’s just plain wrong, obviously, when I watched what happened to Zelenskyy in the White House, I felt physically sick.