By aligning the United States with Russia against Ukraine, Trump has led the country into a strategic disaster and a moral abyss. Americans like to think of themselves as champions of bravery and freedom, resisting tyranny no matter the odds. Trump has betrayed the fundamental values of our society and put us on the wrong side in what has to be the most morally unambiguous conflict since WW2. As someone who studies foreign policy and international relations for a living, my takes on wars almost invariably start with “it’s complicated” and I always try to avoid passing moral judgment on participants. That’s because almost all wars are genuinely messy and they are seldom good guys vs bad guys affairs. The Russo-Ukrainian War is as close as reality gets to the movies with one side grotesquely evil attempting to subjugate the other and the good guys defending their homes and freedom and defying the odds. History will not remember kindly Trump, his enablers, and the immoral assholes here who cheer them on.