Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

From Peace broker to arms dealer

Trump's frustration with Putin might be the best thing that's happened to Ukraine

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Jul 14, 2025
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“I’ve been hearing so much talk. It’s all talk. It’s all talk, and then missiles go into Kiev and kill 60 people,” President Trump said Monday about President Putin.

Trump’s exasperation with the Russian president has now crystallized into the most dramatic policy reversal of his presidency: a massive weapons surge to Ukraine that would have been unthin…

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