What a surprise!  After assuring European leaders and Zelensky that they were on the same page regarding the need for a cease fire before negotiations toward peace in Ukraine, Trump ignored his own assurances to the allies and once again was made to look the fool by Putin.

All Putin needed to do was say that the war would not have started if Trump had been President and he then got exactly what he wanted. No cease fire, continued bombardment of civilians, and apparently no new US sanctions. Trump announced it is now “up to Zelensky,” and somehow we went from increased sanctions on Russia and a united front with Europe and Ukraine, to “blame it on Ukraine” if there is no peace.

Some of us warned that Putin would take Trump’s pants in the negotiations. Hell, he didn’t even leave him his jockstrap.