Lech Walesa, the grand old man of Polish solidarity, now resembles a petulant child sending a letter to Santa Claus, hoping to get Trump’s toys back. The comparison of Trump’s conversation with Zelensky to Communist interrogations is a laughable attempt to whitewash history. If bullying was a crime in the Communist era, then every Soviet official was a career criminal. The letter’s thinly veiled dig at Trump’s ‘all the cards’ comment is as subtle as a sledgehammer. And let’s not forget, the Solidarity movement didn’t just end Moscow’s grip on Eastern Europe, it also ended the era of Soviet-style PR where every misstep was spun as a heroic stand.
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