New sanctions can shock ‘crazy’ Putin to his senses

New sanctions can shock ‘crazy’ Putin to his senses


As Trump told reporters earlier that day, Putin is “sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don’t like it at all” — worse, is doing so when “we’re in the middle of talking” in the peace negotiations begun at the president’s demand. Well, the Russian went into major isolation during the pandemic and has never entirely left it; his mental health may indeed have taken a serious turn for the worse — yet he’s far harder to dislodge than Joe Biden ever was. The president’s other option is to boost aid to Ukraine; maybe a one-two punch is the best way to get through to Vlad.

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Published at: 2025-05-26 21:03:22

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