America's Top Ukraine Diplomat Just Quit Over Trump's Russia Policy

After three decades serving five presidents, Ambassador Bridget Brink couldn't stomach pressuring the victim while appeasing the aggressor

Bridget Brink didn't mince words. After nearly 30 years in America's Foreign Service and three brutal years as Ambassador to Ukraine, she walked away from the toughest job of her life because she could no longer execute Trump's foreign policy in good faith.

Her resignation letter reads like an indictment: Trump's administration pressures Ukraine—the victim of unprovoked aggression—rather than Russia, the aggressor systematically committing war crimes across Eastern Europe.

Brink witnessed the horror firsthand. Over 150,000 documented war crimes. Twenty thousand Ukrainian children abducted from their families. Seven hundred children killed by Russian missiles hitting playgrounds, churches, and schools in the dead of night. She calls it "pure evil," and she's seen mass atrocities across multiple conflict zones in her career.

But this resignation cuts deeper than diplomatic protocol. Brink served five presidents from both parties, believing American leadership meant standing with democracies against autocrats. She watched her grandfather serve in World War II, understanding sometimes doing what's right means personal sacrifice.