Barbara Boyd says President Donald Trump is escalating pressure on Ukraine and its European supporters while pursuing what she describes as a broader peace strategy aimed at ending the war and exposing the political decisions that led to it.

Boyd opened by pointing to Trump’s recent clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said the president was signaling that he knows more about the origins of the conflict than has been publicly disclosed.

"President Trump's attack on Ukraine's President Zelensky was the international news of the week. It's causing both Europe and Canada to march to suicide with Zelensky. Here's President Trump playing his latest card in that fight yesterday."

When a reporter asked Trump whether he had forgotten that Russian President Vladimir Putin started the war, Trump responded by saying he knew the details and may eventually release them.

"Well, you know, I know the details, okay? And at some point, I'll release the details. But I don't care anything except for one. I want that war ended. 25,000 soldiers, on average, a month are being killed. Last month, it was 32,000 soldiers, and I think the two leaders- I deal with both of them. I think they want that war ended, and I think it's gonna end. That's all I care about. I want that war to end."

Boyd interpreted those remarks as a warning to Ukraine and its Western backers.

"It's pretty clear that the president doesn't just know the real details; he's prepared to tell the whole ugly story about the birth of this war, if the Ukrainians and their British imperial sponsors don't make peace, the Democrats seem to have forgotten that as president he has access to all the dirty secrets, which even the most sophisticated bleach bitters can't totally destroy, and that real story, if told, will decimate the remains of Washington's deep state establishment, along with its sponsors in the city of London."

Boyd argued that the roots of the conflict go back to 2014, when she claims the Obama administration and British interests backed a coup against Ukraine’s democratically elected president.

"I'm Barbara Boyd, and I've studied how this war came about. Nothing you think you know about it from the press is true. It started in 2014 when Barack Obama and the British ran a coup against Ukraine's democratically elected president, but it was only the latest chapter in the British Empire's centuries-long goal to conquer Russia."

She said the Trump administration is now pursuing a different foreign policy model, one built around national sovereignty and American interests rather than what she described as the older globalist framework.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio articulated that approach in comments Boyd highlighted.

"But in the end, America first is common sense. It's what it is, and I think what the president is saying is that we, as a country with the largest economy in the world, the most powerful military in the world, the most influential culture in the world, we are going to use all the elements of American power to further the interests of the United States, which we believe also furthers the interests of our allies and the broader world."

Rubio continued:

"So, but America first, meaning we're going to always do what's right for America before anything else. We're going to put it before the UN. We're going to put it before the global commons or whatever you want to call it, the global order that people worshiped around here for a very long time. We're not against any of those things. We're just not going to put them ahead of American interests anymore."

Boyd said Trump’s public efforts to lower diesel prices were only one part of a larger strategy.

"But that was only the public part of the overall operation."

According to Boyd, Trump peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met secretly in Florida on October 3 with European and Ukrainian representatives and proposed what she called a grand bargain. She said the plan includes financing Ukraine’s reconstruction, security guarantees involving the United States and Europe, negotiations between Russia and Europe over security concerns, and an energy arrangement under which Russian oil and gas would again flow to Europe through Ukraine.

Boyd also said the proposal would involve a ceasefire along the existing line of control in the Donbas region.

She argued that pressure on Zelensky increased when Trump said the United States was not currently allowing Europe to restock U.S. missiles for transfer to Ukraine until Washington was satisfied with its own supplies.

Boyd then cited another Trump statement alleging that weapons sent to Ukraine under the Biden administration were sold on the open market.

"Biden was giving them missiles, and they were being sold on the open market after they went to Ukraine."

Boyd said the response from Europe, Canada and supporters of continued aid to Ukraine has been aggressive. She highlighted comments from Anne Applebaum, who argued that Ukraine’s military remains critical to European security.

"What I tell Europeans is that the most important source of their security is the Ukrainian army. That were something to happen to Ukraine or the Ukraine front line to collapse, it's important that Europeans understand this would not mean the war is over."

Applebaum continued:

"This would mean that the situation is more dangerous, and it will cost them more money, and it will be more expensive to defend themselves at home. I hope they understand that the support for Ukraine is also, you know, it's also it's in their interest."

Boyd rejected that argument and said continued European support for Zelensky is contributing to economic stagnation.

"The Europeans met with Zelensky again on Friday in Brussels in a crisis conference; they formed yet another committee to figure out how to meet his demand for 27 billion more immediately to fight this war."

She said European economies have been weakened by energy policy and the loss of Russian oil and gas, while opposition parties in countries including France and Germany are pushing back against continued funding for Ukraine.

Boyd also criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, saying Canada has aligned itself too closely with Ukraine and Europe while damaging its relationship with the United States.

She then returned to Trump’s long-standing approach toward Russia and Ukraine, citing his 2016 comments about Crimea.

"I'm going to take a look at it. But you know the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were, and you have to look at that also."

Boyd concluded by arguing that Trump’s threat to disclose more about the origins of the war could have major political consequences in Washington.

"Trump telling the story of what really happened here will cause all the trees in the forest to fall, and they know it."

She tied that argument directly to the November 3rd election, saying a strong Trump victory that preserves Republican control of both the House and Senate would strengthen his peace efforts in Ukraine and elsewhere.

"A significant Trump victory, preserving both the House and the Senate, gives his Ukraine peace initiative and his similar peace initiatives in the Middle East new life."

Trump says he knows the details of how the Ukraine war started and will release them someday.

Europe is hunting for €70B more for Ukraine, now down to its last Patriot interceptors. @BarbaraMBoyd on why Europe and Canada are marching to suicide https://t.co/lnuGe7Su07 — Promethean Action (@PrometheanActn) October 17, 2026

Boyd said the election also matters because she believes it would determine whether Trump can continue efforts to hold political and national security figures accountable for what she described as years of misconduct tied to Russia, Ukraine and the broader foreign policy establishment.

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