Putin Won’t Settle for Less Than a U.S. Betrayal of Ukraine

Opinion | “I just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia,” President Donald Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, recounting how they had spoken of exchanging visits and bringing the war in Ukraine to an end. “We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately,” he added.  The Russian readout claimed that Putin “supported” Trump’s view that “the time has come for our two countries to work together.”  Europe reacted with barely concealed dismay.