Biting the Hand That Feeds: Ukraine's Covert War on President Trump By: Andy Reeds

3/3/2026

Biting the Hand That Feeds: Ukraine's Covert War on President Trump By: Andy Reeds

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With the recent unsealing of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the world is now learning just how corrupt and rotten our world leaders, actors, wealthy people and politicians really are. The files also confirmed what we suspected all along: that Jeffrey Epstein was operating with ties to Israeli intelligence, gathering compromising dossiers on the rich and famous. This revelation underscores a disturbing truth about the depth of foreign influence in American politics.

For decades, the United States has been Israel’s most devoted ally, providing billions in aid that makes us complicit in its ongoing conflicts with its neighbors and the systematic destruction of Gaza. The most recent joint US-Israel attacks on Iran — carried out without a declaration of war by the US Congress — only reiterates that fact. Our collective karma is becoming much heavier, with Americans now being hated in many parts of the world. This interventionist pattern, however, is not limited to the Middle East. In addition to Israel wars with its neighbors throughout its history, our own country has been meddling in the affairs of sovereign nations worldwide.

This is especially evident in Ukraine, where American dollars have helped fuel an ongoing war – displacing tens of millions of people and killing millions of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and civilians alike. While we have been critical of our own disastrous foreign policy, what we failed to fully grasp is the extent to which our own internal and external policies are now being actively influenced by the very nations we support.

We have all witnessed the relentless negativity and ridicule directed at President Donald Trump during his first term. Much of it, undoubtedly, originated from our own domestic media and the Democratic Party. However, foreign leaders have also joined the chorus of ridicule, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky being a notable example. Now, in President Trump’s second term, we are seeing a disturbing escalation: nationals from Ukraine are actively meddling in American politics, attempting to shape our domestic discourse and foreign policy decisions.

First, Ukrainian Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna held a rally near the Capitol on February 5 urging Americans to do anything they could to influence Congress to “put the bill on the floor” allowing “Ukraine to defend itself”. She talks about wanting peace, while asking for more arms to continue a war that Ukraine cannot win! On February 21, the Ukrainian diaspora, the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States, and supporters from across America gathered at the Lincoln Memorial – mocking Trump and Putin and protesting the peace deal. Ukrainians imported protesters from New York, Philadelphia, Jersey City, and Raleigh by officially providing buses. Below are a few pictures from the rally in Washington, DC taken from social media.

These individuals were welcomed into our country with open arms. In return, they are disrespecting our leaders and actively conspiring to undermine their peace efforts for their own nation – all because our administration has finally said “no” to endless requests for funding their futile war efforts and lining their leaders’ big pockets.

This is not an isolated incident in Washington. Chicago, another city with a Ukrainian consulate, also had a rally on February 21, featuring prominent Jewish-Ukrainians and Democrats. It is a bitter irony to see them protest, seemingly forgetting that Stepan Bandera – the adored hero of the modern neo-Nazi Ukrainian regime – was responsible for the deaths of countless Jews and Poles during World War II.

San Francisco also held a rally on February 22 to commemorate four years of Russia’s advancement into Ukrainian territory, conveniently forgetting that Donbass region was at war with Ukrainian Army for nearly 12 years.

What we are witnessing is not spontaneous grassroots activism. It is an enactment of a coordinated directive from December 9, 2025 distributed the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), Zelensky’s administration, and the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine). The goal is to launch an information war against American leaders who are directly involved in brokering a peace deal for Ukraine (Trump, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Stephen Whitkoff and Jared Kushner). According to recently surfaced documents, the plan involves hiring or bribing analysts, politicians, religious leaders and journalists in the US and EU to “prepare analytical materials, articles, and expert opinions that expose Washington’s peace initiatives as contrary to the interests of Ukraine and Europe.” It even calls to “organize peaceful protests or marches,” which we now see unfolding across our country. These plans reveal the sinister agenda of the Ukrainian government and its intelligence services to wage information warfare against the very nation that has been their primary sponsor. Is that the kind of gratitude we expected?

Here’s the translation of the document from the World Ukrainian Congress:

“December 9, 2025
To the Members of the UWC
Dear Compatriots,
The Ukrainian World Congress is observing with deep concern the recent trends in the foreign policy of the United States of America, which pose a direct threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Statements and initiatives by the administration of President Donald Trump, particularly from key figures such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance, are creating a dangerous precedent for normalizing Kremlin aggression and ignoring the fundamental principles of international law.
In this regard, the Congress considers it necessary to intensify our joint efforts to convey information about the situation in Ukraine to the American and international community from a perspective favorable to us.
To this end, we deem it necessary to:
- Develop a comprehensive information strategy aimed at systematically criticizing the current course of the U.S. administration, which is dangerous for global security and for American values themselves.
- Establish and activate working contacts with reputable analysts, experts in international law, politicians, and journalists in the United States and the European Union who are open to objective dialogue.
- Prepare analytical materials, articles, and expert opinions that expose Washington’s peace initiatives as contrary to the interests of Ukraine and Europe.
- Organize public events—roundtables, conferences, and open discussions—involving prominent scholars, cultural figures, and religious leaders to discuss the futility of the shuttle diplomacy conducted by U.S. Special Envoy Stephen Whitkoff and Jared Kushner, who holds no official position in the U.S. administration.
Organize peaceful pickets or marches near official American embassies and representations to express our concern.
The Ukrainian World Congress will provide the necessary financial and organizational resources to implement this strategy, including support for independent media and expert groups.
Thank you for your attention.
Respectfully,
UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS
Pavlo Grod
President”

The plan’s audacity is breathtaking, but it gets even more bizarre. Their scheme goes as far as to call for public ostracizing and for “correctio fraterna” – fraternal correction practiced in the Catholic Church – to publicly scold Marco Rubio, J.D. Vance, and other Catholics of the Trump’s team. Ukrainian leaders have decided that these officials “have violated a whole series of truths from Catholic social doctrine” and that “under the leadership of Donald Trump they have taken positions that are not in line with Catholic moral teachings.” It is rather ironic that this judgment is coming from a country that banned the Russian Orthodox Church, detained or killed its clergy, and continues to persecute religious believers. These mentioned plans were published by Ukrainian opposition blogger Anatoliy Shariy with the actual screenshots and this note:

“Attention!
According to my information, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, under the direct command of the Service’s first head, General Oleh Sinyansky (he left his post long ago but continues to “work”), is preparing a special operation against Rubio and Vance.
The Foreign Intelligence Service plans to provoke a so-called “public admonition.”
An analysis has been conducted for this purpose, and the Service plans to recruit a number of American and European Catholics and politicians. Some of them will be recruited “blindly.”
This is the Foreign Intelligence Service’s analytical report on this topic.
“Correctio fraternal” is a Christian practice in which one Christian publicly rebukes another Christian for acting in an unchristian manner.
I want you to understand that this is a fully planned special operation by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
The document lists the names of those planned to be recruited.
The operation is planned for the near future.”

Note: A full translation of these screenshots is posted in an appendix below.

This is how the Ukrainian leadership under Zelensky – who was already publicly humiliated for his rude behavior at the White House last year – is making efforts to disregard our laws on freedom of religion and separation of church and state. They attempt to influence our top politicians and our next elections by criticizing and ostracizing them, all while using our American money received from the Biden Administration to sponsor protests, riots and media frenzies against the Trump Administration!

We urge the American public to take note of these facts. We must make a clear statement against foreign interference in our internal affairs. It is time to demand that the Trump administration investigate these blatant attempts by foreign governments — whether it is Ukraine, Israel, or the United Kingdom — to wreak havoc among the American public. Their goal is to use American media and institutions to undermine our current leadership and discredit them in the eyes of the people. As if the Epstein files weren’t enough to disillusion us with global corruption and satanic practices, we now must contend with our supposed allies trying to orchestrate a soft coup against our government. Our nation’s working class already has far too many pressing social and economic issues to deal with without this kind of foreign meddling. And with the latest attacks that Trump authorized against Iran to appease Israel, he has just made himself — and us, regular Americans — primary targets for all those who suffer from or disagree with the blatant behavior of the US and Israel.

Appendix: Translation of screens from the post from Anatoliy Shariy
“Public Admonition for Rubio and Vance
In addition to Rubio and Vance, you can also take into account other Catholics in the Trump administration, of whom there are more than a third, such as Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, and others.
1. The Catholic Church has such a practice as correctio fraterna - fraternal admonition. The practice is based on several Bible texts, the main one being the Gospel of Matthew: If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his faults face to face. If he listens to you, you have gained a brother. 16 If he doesn’t listen, take one or two people with you, so that every matter is observed by two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell the it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even from the church, let him be as a Gentile to you and a tax collector (Mt 18: 15-17). The principle of applying this admonition is as follows: if the transgression/sin was private in a relationship, then the admonition is private; if the offense was public, then the admonition is public (St. Thomas Aquinas).
2. Such public admonition was applied to Nancy Pelosi (https://sfarchdiocese.org/letter-to-priests-of-the-archdiocese-on-the-notification-sent-to-speaker-nancy-pelosi/) by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, so that Pelosi would withdraw her promotion of abortion policy, and until that time she was not allowed to receive Communion in the Catholic Church. Such admonition was also applied to Pope Francis by approximately 200 Catholic theologians after the release of the document Amoris Laetitia, which contained a number of statements in disagreement with Catholic doctrine (https://www.correctiofilialis.org). In the case of admonishing the Pope, the practice is called correctio filialis – filial admonition.
3. Based on the described practice, it would be worth organizing similar admonition for Marco Rubio and J. D. Vance (and possibly other Catholics on the Trump team) who declare that they are practicing Catholics and are active pro-lifers (opposing the right to abortion). Under the leadership of their leader Donald Trump, they have violated a number of truths in the Catholic doctrine, such as: 1) distortion of the truth (e.g., claiming Ukraine started the war), and 2) the unity of virtue (a Christian must be consistent in his virtues in all areas, and while Rubio and Vance zealously fight against abortion in the United States (for the lives of millions of unborn children), they are at the same time passively allowing genocide to be committed against millions of Ukrainians by stopping military aid, etc.). There is a precedent of Donald Trump being admonished by the Father Jason Charron, a priest of the American Greek Catholic Church, in Crisis Magazine (https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-priests-warning-to-trump-regarding-ukraine). This is the same priest who opened a Trump rally with a prayer.
4. Such admonition should be organized in several directions by various people independently from one another and not simultaneously, because this could raise suspicion of a planned and coordinated action.
- The Synod of Bishops of the UGCC (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) may appeal to the Apostolic See with a request to intervene and issue such an admonition. It is possible that Blessed Sviatoslav will agree to write such a request, but I do not know how well this may work. The Pope could have written such an admonition, because he does not like Trump, but the Pope is now in serious health condition and is almost incapacitated. Instead, international affairs are being run by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who is known for his pacifist sentiments and ties with China. Concerns remain about what is being sold to Ukraine. In short, I think that first the synod, or individual bishops, should write admonitions directly to the mentioned persons (Rubio and Vance) and publish them in all available English-language media (in particular, LifeSite, The Pillar, https://crisismagazine.com, and popular secular media). Then we can contact the Vatican with a similar request. If the Vatican refuses, at least the position of the Ukrainian dioceses will be on record.
- The Conference of Bishops of the RCC (Roman Catholic Church) may be able to join the Synod if they lead the initiative. The Roman Catholic hierarchs, however, will not risk writing something like this to the leaders of foreign nations. From the list of individual bishops, you can approach Vitaliy Kryvytskyi (Kyiv) and Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk, who heads the Kharkiv-Zaporizhia diocese, where the combat operations are taking place.
- You can try to engage the frontline bishops’ dioceses separately: Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk (RCC, Kharkiv-Zaporozhye Diocese), Bishop Jan Sobilo (RCC, Kharkiv-Zaporozhye Diocese), Bishop Vasyl Tuchapets (Exarch of Kharkiv, UGCC), Bishop Maksym Ryabukha (Exarch of Donetsk UGCC).
If the above directions work, then thank God, although I have little hope.
The following direction may be the most profitable and influential:
- A letter of admonition from hierarchs and Catholic theologians, philosophers, and publicists from all over the world. At the present moment, it is very likely that the letter will be signed by the following individuals:
1) Father Jason Charron, Pennsylvania, famous preacher, the speaker who blessed Trump before the election and prayed for Donald Tramp at the rally when an attempt on his life had been made (https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-priests-warning-to-trump-regarding-ukraine).
2) George Weigel, famous publicist, thinker, biographer of St. John Paul II (it can be noted in the letter that Rubio and Vance’s positions differ from those of John Paul II and Ronald Reagan). Here is his position on the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine: https://credo.pro/2023/08/354092.
3) Professor Dariusz Kowalczyk, Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome.
4) Fr. Prof. Dariusz Oko, famous Polish theologian, philosopher, professor at John Paul II University (Krakow).
5) Prof. Roberto De Mattei, church historian, professor at the University of Rome, known in conservative Catholic circles, takes a pro-Ukrainian position 1) (YouTube link; https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2024/04/towards-global-war-ducunt-fata-volentem.html?m=1).
6) Professor Jakub Grygiel, professor at rhe Catholic University of America, co-author of the U.S. defense strategy (2017).
7) Prof. Jerzy Szymik, University of Silesia.
You can try to involve the following:
8) Raymond de Souza, a well-known pro-lifer from Canada, publicist in English-language publications, Catholic authority figure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_J._de_Souza).
9) Brant Pitre, an American theologian, belongs to the top 10 authors of 2024 in the USA. His books have been translated into Ukrainian.
10) Christopher West, American theologian, conservative, head of the Institute of the Body of Theology (he has students from Ukraine).
11) Father Mike Schmitz, a well-known speaker and preacher at Catholic conferences and on TV.
12) Scott Hahn, one of the top theologians, has influence on J.D. Vence, founder of the of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology (his participation would be invaluable).
13) You can try to include in this admonition Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone (San Francisco; here is his video where he prays the Rosary for peace in Ukraine - YouTube link).
14) Bishop Joseph Strickland who was dismissed by the Pope Francis but still has great influence in conservative circles in the United States and has rather supported Ukraine. In short, it is worth trying to reach him ( https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/twitter-mass-and-prayer-us-bishops-unite-behind-ukraine).
15) It would be ideal if Robert Barron joined the initiative, an influential American conservative bishop (he has 1.5 million followers on his YouTube channel).
16) I think that Greek-Catholic hierarchs serving in the United States can join the initiative, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia Borys Gudziak (may have close ties with the Clinton family and Democrats, but in general, as an American UGCC Catholic, he is associated with conservative Catholicism),
17) Bishop Venedikt Alekseychuk, Chicago.
18) Cardinal Mykola Bychok, UGCC Australia.
5. I think that in order to write such an admonition and attract the right people, a working group should be created. This will help with contacts in particular.
6. After starting the admonition itself, you can think about open letters from intellectuals (preferably conservatives), like Douglas Murray, Timothy Snyder, etc.”

Originally published on substack.com/andyreedspolitics.
Photo (public domain) from Trong Khiem Nguyen.

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