There are tentative indications that President Donald Trump might finally be waking up to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s attempts to manipulate him. Speaking to NBC News on Sunday, Trump said he was “very angry, pissed off” over Putin’s questioning of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky‘s authority as a leader.
This rhetorical shift might be notable. Until now, Trump has been highly deferential to Putin in his efforts to persuade the Russian leader to negotiate an end to his war on Ukraine. In contrast, Trump has heaped public and private pressure on Zelensky. The contrast in Trump’s treatment of Zelensky and Putin reflects his antipathy for the sometimes arrogant Ukrainian leader and his tendency to both fear and trust Putin too much. It seems, however, that Trump might
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