Though apparently Donald Trump thinks he is. Or at least he hopes that’s the case.

Because Trump keeps yanking Putin’s chain. First they’re best buddies, ready to sit down — without Ukraine’s President Zelensky — and negotiate an end to the disastrous war that Russia started.

Then — in what Putin obviously considers the spirit of negotiation — Russia once more hits Ukraine with everything in its arsenal of 21st century weapons . . . just days after the U.S. “paused” aid to Ukraine.

So Trump comes back with a threat of more serious sanctions against Russia, including against its banking and oil sectors.

But in the next breath, Trump says that “Russia holds all the cards.” [Leinz Vales, Shania Shelton Elise Hammond and Aditi Sangal, CNN, March 7, 2025.]

So what should we expect next . . . a threat to bomb the Kremlin? Or an invitation to Putin to come to dinner at the White House?

But wait . . . there’s breaking news! On Friday, Trump said he is finding it “more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine” than with Russia in attempting to negotiate a peace deal between them. He told reporters in the Oval Office that the U.S. is “doing very well with Russia, [and] it may be easier dealing with” Moscow than Kyiv. [Ian Aikman, BBC News, and Tom Bateman, State Department correspondent, March 7, 2025.]

So at the moment, it sounds more like diner a deux. But that could change momentarily.

Can the man who is supposed to be President of the United States not make up his mind? Does he not understand the need for a firm foreign policy? Does he even know what foreign policy means? Can he spell it?

In short, will he ever stop reacting with his gut, and begin thinking and acting like the “stable genius” he professes to be?

Never mind the math. Read your history, you poor gullible patsy, and stop sucking up to Vlad! The history of Russia, both ancient and recent, will tell you all you need to know about the reliability of Russian government promises. And read about Vladimir Putin himself — the thug from St. Petersburg who lied, cheated, stole, bullied, and murdered his way into the Kremlin — and the number of bodies he has had to step over in order to stay there for 25 years (and counting).

Then tell the world why you have chosen to deal with him rather than with our European allies, and why you think handing over any part of Ukraine to him will make the world safer for democracy.

Because the world, myself included, would really like to know what you could conceivably be thinking.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
3/8/25