Trump posted a statement after meeting briefly with Zelensky on the sidelines at Pope Francis’ funeral that finally shows that he understands that Putin is playing him. In a Truth Social posting, he questioned whether Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to end the war because of his recent vicious bombing attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities, and towns over the last few days,” Trump wrote in the post. “It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war; he’s just tapping me along and has to be dealt with differently.”
The President said that the U.S. would consider additional sanctions on Russia.
Here is my podcast on Times-Radio on April 25 about the flawed negotiations by the Americans. Double-click for viewing.
In my humble opinion Donald’s decisions regarding Russia are predicated on conditions and terms that have never been disclosed. Ie he is beholden to Putin. Is it debt,or other issues may never be made known but without sounding like the crazy conspiracists or mystics advising Trump Putin definitely has Trump by the ……!!!
Absolutely no one can be that dumb in dealing with Russia.
I wondered if I'd ever see the day when if finally dawned on Trump that he'd been played. And I hope something good comes of it, although I tend to think he might be too old, too unstable and too numbed by all the previous times he's been outmatched by others who saw right through him to their own advantage to stick with his dawning insight.