At Ukraine talks, Trump was a child among adults. You can't trust him – or Putin. | Opinion
Russia,Ukraine,Donald Trump,Vladimir Putin,Volodymyr Zelensky,Ukraine War
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President Donald Trump is an easily glazed sucker who fancies himself a genius. That fact was clear as day when a hot mic at the White House caught him making a truly infantile claim.
European leaders accompanied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to an Aug. 18 meeting with Trump to chart a course for peace with Russia days after the U.S. president had his tail handed to him by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Alaska.
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