🚨 BREAKING: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson launches a SCATHING attack on Trump and his disturbing relationship with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
This is EXACTLY the kind of criticism that gets under Trump's skin.
“I never thought I would have to say this in my lifetime, but this is 2026, and sadly, nothing is as it used to be,” Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, wrote on LinkedIn. “The Trump administration has become an enabler of autocrats and dictators, putting their personal whims above the interests of the American people and the free world. What is it about Putin that makes President Trump humiliate himself before him?”
“How can America's allies ever trust this administration again when it is now turning against them in a time of war and suffering?” he asked.
Trump has repeatedly betrayed our Ukrainian allies in recent days. First, he announced a shocking deal with Putin to allow millions of barrels of Russian diesel onto global markets — a move that would directly funnel money into Russia's war effort. Then he launched a coordinated smear campaign against President Zelenskyy, claiming that Putin was “easier to deal with.”
The betrayals escalated when Washington reportedly failed to provide Kyiv with its usual early warning of an imminent Russian ballistic missile attack. Now it appears that the White House ordered a temporary suspension of Starshield, the military version of Elon Musk's Starlink, on which Ukrainian forces depend.
“The restrictions on Starlink/Starshield and the inexplicable failure to provide warnings of Russian missile launches have already resulted in needless deaths of Ukrainian civilians,” Branson wrote. “How much worse can this get?”
“If one thing is clear, it is that European leaders must overcome their initial shock at Trump's recent actions and step up. This is about Europe's freedom as much as Ukraine's sovereignty. Both are worth fighting for,” he continued.
“Every option must now be on the table — from transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to supplying advanced weapons systems such as Germany's Taurus missiles.”
“Why, oh why, is this happening? We cannot allow the free world to be dismantled before our eyes,” Branson concluded.
We couldn't agree more. Trump is an enemy of Ukraine, an enemy of democracy, and an enemy of the American people. When Democrats return to power, we will have an enormous task ahead of us. Every trace of this dreadful man's legacy must be erased.