Putin owes Trump for being allowed to lie undisturbed on May 9th

DER STANDARD views the recent Victory Day celebrations in Russia through a critical lens, highlighting what it perceives as Donald Trump's undue influence on international affairs. The Austrian publication argues that a US-brokered ceasefire, implemented at the last minute, robbed Ukraine of a deserved propaganda win and allowed Vladimir Putin to proceed with his narrative unchallenged.

The article expresses strong disapproval of Trump's alleged intervention, suggesting that he 'helped Vladimir Putin out of a jam' by enabling the Russian leader to use the solemn occasion of Victory Day for his own political messaging. DER STANDARD frames this as a missed opportunity to expose Putin's actions and propaganda on a global stage.

From the perspective of DER STANDARD, this event underscores a pattern of behavior where international figures, particularly Trump, are seen as inadvertently or deliberately facilitating the spread of disinformation by authoritarian leaders. The publication implies that such actions undermine efforts to hold aggressors accountable and allow them to dictate their own narratives, even on historically significant days like Victory Day.