As Washington settled on a typical Memorial Day after Donald Trump passed the House's “big and beautiful bill” and the president let out a breath of rage over the trademark of truth socialization, but the goal was a surprise.
This time, the target is not his domestic political enemy, like the Democrats of the budget plan he endorsed, or the minority of Republicans who refuse to be in trouble. It's not even targeting various law enforcement figures who have tried to put him in charge for years.
Sunday night's roar was directed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite his claim to be “very good relationship” with Putin, Trump blew up the Russian leader “absolutely crazy” in his latest statement on the Ukraine-Russian War.
Trump posted on Truth Social: “He doesn't need to kill a lot of people, I'm not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones were shot to Ukrainian cities for no reason.” “I kept saying he wanted all Ukraine, not just a part of it, maybe that's right, but if he did, it would lead to the downfall of Russia!” Trump warned.
He responded to the same thoughts he had spoken with a New Jersey journalist in New Jersey before returning to Washington that day.
“He killed a lot of people,” the president said. “I don't know what happened to Putin, I've known him for a long time.”
Donald Trump tells reporters about the Ukrainian war on Sunday (AFP/Getty)
Trump's sudden harsh turn is inspiring, if not for reasons he might have intended. In the same post, a one-time poke against Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine (“Everything will cause problems…better stop”) cemented the basic intention of the screening: Trump is massaging his bruised self.
Trump was injured by injury, lashing out at Russian leaders, who now openly refuted his repeated claims that he could end the devastating three-year-old clash in “24 hours.” Four months after Trump took office, he was said to be preparing to close the war immediately, with attacks on Ukrainian targets intensifying over the weekend, and Russia launched its largest air attack to date.
Since he was to correctly predict that the Russian leadership had no real intention to end the war, his emotional outbreak was to make Zelensky's emotional outburst, because he was less willing to be aware of Zelensky's consciousness, as he seemed to realize that the issue could become a major flaw in the perception of the “traders” he was seeking to cultivate.
More importantly, the attack also refuted many of Trump's latest statements about the Russian president and his desire to see the war end, which is more important than threatening his ability to live up to his boastful ability. Trump is known as his allies who are considered stupid, and he recently said in Putin last Monday: “I do believe he wants to end it.”
But French President Emmanuel Macron believes that Trump is beginning to realize the truth about Putin's war stance.
“I believe President Trump has realized that when President Putin told him he was ready for peace, he was lying,” Macron said on Monday, noting that the seriousness of Russian criminals was a convincing factor.
“You cannot claim to be prepared to negotiate and attack at the same time. This double remark shows the dishonestness of any statement about the dialogue,” the French president said.
Volodymyr Zelensky, both sides of Keir Starmer and Emanuelle Macron (AFP/Getty)
Now, Washington has begun to doubt whether Trump will take action to support his comments. If the invasion continues to be unresolved, he has repeatedly vowed to punish Russia for damages in an interview with Fox's Bret Baier this month.
But a few days after these remarks, Trump also suggested that his administration could “stay away from conflict” and that if no deal was reached, it would “continue” without us participating.
Capitol Hill is not eager to let that happen – according to a press release from co-sponsors Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal, the bipartisan resolution imposed new sanctions on Russia last Wednesday.
The bill aims to impose sanctions on top Russian ministers and businesses and entities that deal with Russian armed forces if peace talks collapse.
“Russia has agreed to provide a periodic table for the ceasefire in the next few days. Its content will indicate whether Russia is serious about peace. We suspect this is the same.”
“If more, Russia could expect decisive action from the U.S. Senate.”
