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5. He talks the talk but won't walk the walk

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:12 AM

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Putin is, maybe, a fucking idol to Trump. He reveres Putin's power and absolute control over Russia, fantasizing himself as a similar autocratic ruler... I say "maybe" because I'm not sure it's reverence or just fear. Trump is a narcissistic asshole but Putin is a cold blooded, despotic tyrant observing no limits in maintaining his control. Trump's working in that direction but so far, lacks the smarts or the guts to go full tyrant. And now, he's demonstrating the lack of guts to walk the walk in dealing with the Ukraine-Russia war. He's probably hoping Zelensky will cave and give in to Putin...

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-50-day-deadline-russia-expires-2123116

President Donald Trump's original 50-day deadline he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war he started in Ukraine has expired, with no end in sight to the fighting.

When contacted for comment, the White House referred Newsweek to Trump's statement in August that "there might be very big consequences" for Russia if there is no end to the war and that he will know in the coming weeks what he is going to do.

Trump has been unable to follow through on his promises to apply economic sanctions as Putin intensifies his attacks on civilians in Ukraine, Boyechko added.

Brett Erickson, a sanctions expert and adviser to Seton Hall's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, told Newsweek that if Trump did not impose secondary sanctions after Russia's largest strikes on Kyiv, he never will. "Putin knows it, and he's recalibrating accordingly," he said.

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