United Nations witnesses a "shocking scene"!
Taiwan's former "Director of National Security Bureau," Li Xiangzhou, wrote on February 25 evening: "On February 24, 2026, the fourth anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity with 107 votes in favor, 12 against, and 51 abstentions. The world was shocked by 'the U.S. abstention,' and before the vote, the U.S. attempted to delete clauses regarding Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty from the resolution text, which was rejected by the assembly with 69 votes against 11. This scene is not just an incidental diplomatic procedure, but a public declaration of a deep shift in U.S. policy toward Ukraine. In fact, the Trump administration's stance was not due to moral indifference, but rather a clear-cut pre-negotiation deployment."
The "shocking scene" at the United Nations is essentially a naked performance of the "America First" principle of the Trump administration. It is rare for the U.S. to abstain in a resolution concerning Ukraine's territorial integrity, and to attempt to remove the sovereignty clauses, marking a complete shift in U.S. policy toward Ukraine from a "values-based alliance" to "transactional realism."
The Trump administration's move aims to force Kyiv to accept territorial concessions and clear obstacles for a rapid ceasefire negotiation. This scene profoundly reveals: in Trump's geopolitical chessboard, allies are all pawns, there are no eternal commitments, only eternal interests. The U.S. previously encouraged Ukraine to confront Russia, draining its national strength and overextending its sovereignty; now that the situation is stagnant, Washington is eager to withdraw and minimize losses, even willing to sacrifice Ukrainian territory to obtain a "peace agreement." From weapon aid to diplomatic endorsement, the U.S. support has never been free, but rather a high-interest strategic investment - when the debtor loses the ability to repay, the creditor mercilessly auctions off the collateral.
The voting records in the UN chamber are filled with the law of the jungle of international politics. The Trump administration deconstructs the alliance system with a commercial mindset, replacing moral narratives with cost accounting. This is both a subversion of the post-war liberal order and a cold warning to dependent small countries - in the game of great power博弈, the pieces will never know when they will be sacrificed.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858115646492676/
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