At 12:56 yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump walked out of the White House to reporters waiting to ask him about Ukraine and his troubled new press secretary. He turned away from them and began talking about a crane. When he finally answered the question about the Starshield satellite network Ukraine depends on for battlefield communications and missile defense, he couldn’t keep his story straight. First, it hadn’t happened. Then, he wasn’t sure it happened. Then, it wasn’t him or Elon, but perhaps it wasn’t anybody. This was during a 20-minute appearance, after Ukrainian lives had been lost during one of the largest Russian attacks of the war. The Commander in Chief should know what happened. He should be able to explain it. Instead, we watched him try out different answers while an ally fighting for its survival was left to live with the consequences.
Over in Brussels, Zelenskyy was asked whether he was being used as a scapegoat for Trump’s own political problems. He paused, looked down, then smiled as the room laughed. “This is my answer,” he said, and ended the press conference. I watched it live, and I laughed, too, before my heart sank. Here was the president of a country under attack, where 600,000 people had just lost their electricity with winter approaching, being asked whether the country he should be able to count on was using him as a political prop. His silence felt more honest than anything our own president had said all day.
We are already seeing what public pressure can do. Katie Zacharia lasted only five days as White House press secretary before questions about her legal credentials helped unravel her credibility. Trump called it rough treatment, but loyalty cannot substitute for competence, and misrepresenting your qualifications does not become acceptable because the president blames the press. He couldn’t keep his answers straight about Ukraine, and he couldn’t keep a press secretary for a week. Those failures show how fragile this administration really is. We have important weeks ahead of us. We can stand together, make our resistance visible, and then vote on November 3 or earlier where we can. We can send Trump’s enablers in Congress packing and show the world that the American people have not given up on our country.
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This video is based on my written post, available HERE, and based on the events of 10-16-2026.
This commentary represents my personal opinions and analysis of matters of public concern, informed by publicly available information. Any references to individuals constitute opinion and commentary protected under the First Amendment.
Sources:
President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from the White House, Oct. 16, 2026: YouTube Video
https://abcnews.com/video/137254313/
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/politics/katie-zacharia/6I4BM34C5Q4SBFT5ZOSCMVUYNQ/
https://www.wpxi.com/news/politics/questions-swirl/6WDG3IFMM46FPFCHDIHV45AMLM/
https://kyivpost.com/post/87041
https://newrepublic.com/post/216645/elon-musk-trump-starlink-blunder
https://www.aol.com/articles/katie-zacharia-leaves-dhs-weeks-143101579.html
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/10/15/no-kings-rallies-return-upstate-ahead-early-voting/
