Trent Conaway is our Vladimir Zelenskyy.
Conaway, the hefty mayor of East Palestine, Ohio stood as much as Joe Biden the best way Zelenskyy took on Vladimir Putin.
Conaway is on the heart over the row over the shortage of ample federal concern and help within the wake of the large railroad derailment spillover that wrecked his small city, inhabitants 4,761.
Asked concerning the federal dealing with of the catastrophe that leaked harmful chemical compounds within the air, water and floor in relation to Biden’s go to to Kiev, Conaway stated, “That was the most important slap within the face. That tells you proper now (that) he doesn’t care about us.
“I found out this morning that he was in Ukraine giving millions of dollars away to people over there and not to us, so I’m furious.”
This was in relation to Biden’s shock go to to Kiev final week the place he introduced that he was offering one other $500 million in help, plus $2 billion extra to comply with. It goes together with the billions he has already despatched Zelenskyy to assist the nation ward of the ruthless Russian invasion.
We will not be there to win, although, however solely to maintain the Ukrainians within the warfare till the final Ukrainian soldier dies.
Conaway, who had problem in getting Biden or Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to go to the positioning, should have requested the media savvy Zelenskyy to go to. Who greater than Zelenskyy is aware of concerning the destruction of villages?
Better nonetheless, Conaway may have gone to Kiev himself and requested Zelenskyy for a small piece of the $500 million that Biden gave him. That approach Conaway may assist restore his village and make complete the individuals who have suffered on account of the poisonous chemical catastrophe. And it will have been a very good public relations hit for the Z as effectively.
Perhaps Biden, confused and jet lagged in Poland, blended up East Palestine with Palestine, balked on the imaginary thought of flying to the Near East to go to Palestinian go to and upsetting Israel.
At any price, Biden promised to defend “every inch” of NATO territory from Russian aggression which incorporates member nations Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia Bulgaria and Albania.
Ukraine, like East Palestine, is just not a member of NATO however Biden is defending it too.
“The president has been very clear about this,” Karine Jean-Pierre, his press secretary would have stated. “So, let me be clear about this too. The president has never confused East Palestine with Palestine. Is that clear?”
Biden initially needed to ship Buttigieg to East Palestine however couldn’t discover him.
But you might not fault Buttigieg for not exhibiting up till three weeks after the derailment.
You by no means know what sort of poisonous components had been within the air, water and soil stemming from the derailment of railroad automobiles carrying all that hazardous materials.
The Norfolk Southern Corp., which run the trains, listed 5 poisonous chemical compounds which will have contaminated the air, soil and water surrounding the crash web site and the village. They are vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, methylphenyl acrylate, isobutylene and ethylene glycol aminobutyl.
An excellent-looking man like Buttigieg may have caught a extreme case of pimples.
But when Buttigieg lastly did present up on Thursday it was anti-climatic.
And that’s as a result of he adopted an look by former President Donald Trump.
Being the fastidious germaphobe that he’s, it took extra braveness for Trump to point out up in East Palestine than it did for Biden to go to Kiev. You at the least get air raid warnings in Kiev. Nobody tells you when a freight prepare goes off the tracks.
Trump got here into city in a motorcade much like the motorcades that took him round when he was president He additionally introduced with him pallets of bottled water and cleansing provides. He additionally took credit score for forcing Buttigieg to lastly go to the positioning.
While the go to had all of the earmarks of a marketing campaign occasion, wherein he took just a few jabs at Biden, Trump at the least confirmed up. Biden didn’t.
One lady stated to Trump. “Thank you for not forgetting us.”
And that’s what it’s all about.
Peter Lucas is a veteran Massachusetts political reporter and columnist.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com”