Trump Just Let Putin Off the Hook yet Again

Trudy Rubin: Why the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine quit, and why Trump’s latest phone call with Putin bombed

In his third phone call with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump once again bowed to the Russian leader over ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The great dealmaker let the Kremlin boss set all the terms. Trump’s mishandling of Putin was well summed up in an interview I did (before Monday’s Trump-Putin phone call) with the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, one of the ...

Russia Continues To Celebrate The Putin-Trump Phone Call

“Trump’s stance couldn’t be more advantageous to Moscow," gushed a major Russian newspaper.

Trump-Putin Call Signals Risky Shift Toward Appeasement Through Trade

In a recent call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump made one thing clear: once the war in Ukraine is over, Washington should focus on “large-scale trade” with Russia.  Forget sanctions.

Trump just let Putin off the hook yet again

President Trump's recent phone call with Russian President Putin shows that he is falling for Putin's tactic of doing just enough to seem engaged.

Putin-Trump Phone Call on Ukraine

On Monday President Donald Trump telephoned President Vladimir Putin and they talked for two hours before Trump put lunch in his mouth and Putin his dinner. On the White House schedule, there was no advance notice of the call and no record afterwards. The White House log is blank for Trump’s entire morning while the press were told he was at lunch between 11:30 and 12:30. Putin went public first, making a statement to the press which the Kremlin…

Rubin: Why the US ambassador to Ukraine quit, and why Trump’s latest phone call with Putin bombed

Trudy Rubin In his third phone call with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump once again bowed to the Russian leader over ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The great dealmaker let the Kremlin boss set all the terms. Trump’s mishandling of Putin was well summed up in an interview I did (before Monday’s Trump-Putin phone call) […]