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The White House faces the question of whether its appeasement of Russia has failed to achieve the ceasefire it promised and instead emboldened the Kremlin on the battlefield.
Senator Lindsey Graham’s vow to act on a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia is set to test whether President Donald Trump is finally ready to punish Vladimir Putin for delaying a ceasefire with Ukraine.
Trump called Putin 'crazy' over the weekend and said May 27 he's 'playing with fire' as he continues to bombard Ukraine during peace negotiations.
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World leaders are pursuing their own versions of national interest on different historical and actual timelines than the transactional aspirations of American presidents.
President Donald Trump, who recently said Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone "CRAZY," warned in a Tuesday post on Truth Social that Putin is "playing with fire"