A Reply to the Unrepliable

That letter was addressed by you know who to Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Not to me, not to any Ukrainian. But since the sender seems comfortable claiming other people’s countries, I will take a much smaller liberty and claim the Prime Minister’s voice for a reply no one requested, delivered with a very low tolerance for nonsense.

Dear Donald,

Considering you personally stopped “eight wars,” plus several bonus wars that existed only in your head, I am honored to reply to a man clearly working on a scale the rest of us cannot see.

You explain that because a peace prize committee failed to recognize your greatness, you are now liberated from the inconvenience of thinking about peace at all. Let me tell you, Donald, now that you have earned the rare distinction of being the most disliked men on the planet, peace should probably matter to you more than anyone else.

When people stop liking you, it is usually a good idea to stop making new enemies.

You claim Denmark cannot protect its land from Russia and China. We heard a very similar sentence about Ukraine, spoken in Russian and with even more confidence. As you know, that did not go as planned.

You ask why countries have a right to their land. You question documents, borders, history. You prefer boats. That is adorable. Let me help you with your own logic: we had Vikings and their boats on the Dnipro river about ten centuries ago. They were part of the social fabric of this land.

You may find this surprising, but Sweden and Norway are not claiming Ukraine today. They are not asking for maps or demanding territory. Instead, they are among our strongest partners, and they are openly embarrassed by how you are behaving right now.

You say you have done “more for NATO than any other person.” That suggests you still see yourself as a person. As a Ukrainian, I am trained to look for hope in the smallest signs, but I am just not sure yet if this one is hopeful or deeply alarming.

But you definitely did something historic, Donald. You united people. You clarified that you should never be trusted. NATO does owe you something, just not what you think:

No one else has managed to unite Europe and people everywhere, including inside your own country, simply by existing the way you do.

Thank you for the clarification.

Not Respectfully,

An ordinary Ukrainian

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