Trump Warns Putin 'stop!' But History Says That's Not Enough – Just Ask Reagan

"Vladimir, STOP! 5,000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get nan bid woody DONE," Trump posted connected Truth Social connected Thursday.

Oh, nan vexation of negotiating pinch Russia. But this sounded for illustration nan outcry of a hoop-skirted heroine tied to nan railroad tracks.

President Donald J. Trump is simply a maestro communicator, but pinch nan single-word plea, he brought backmost bad memories of 1 of nan debased points of President Joe Biden’s overseas policy. That came Sep. 16, 2022, erstwhile 60 Minutes asked then-President Joe Biden what he would opportunity if Putin threatened to usage atomic aliases chemic weapons.

TRUMP TELLS PUTIN ‘STOP’ AFTER DEADLY RUSSIAN STRIKE ON KYIV

"Don’t. Don’t. Don’t. It would alteration nan look of warfare dissimilar thing since World War II," Biden replied. About past came nan tragic frost successful strategical readying that frittered distant momentum for a battlefield triumph for Ukraine.

So present we are, pinch negotiations astatine an aggravated shape of swapping Crimea for nan immense Zaporizhzhia atomic works and trying to make judge Ukraine has a viable economical path.

"Vladimir, STOP" won’t get nan occupation done. Can this beryllium nan aforesaid President Donald J. Trump who threatened Hamas location would beryllium "all hellhole to pay," which resulted successful a ceasefire and a hostage deal? Trump has travel down for illustration a ton of bricks connected Ayatollah Khamenei. He’s said aggregate times he will onslaught Iran if request beryllium to extremity Iran from building a atomic bomb. "If we don’t make a deal, I’ll beryllium starring nan pack," Trump said connected Friday.

Perhaps Trump needs to opportunity thing for illustration this next:

"My chap Americans, I’m pleased to show you coming that I’ve signed authorities which will outlaw Russia forever. We statesman bombing successful 5 minutes."

So joked President Ronald Reagan connected August 11, 1984, during a sound cheque earlier a speech. You tin perceive nan laughter successful nan background. Was it a meaningless slip-up? Not connected your life. This Hollywood seasoned pinch 5 decades of acquisition earlier nan camera and boundless media savvy knew rather good location was nary existent "off nan record" moment. Reagan had already accelerated accumulation of B-1 and B-2 bombers, introduced nan Strategic Defense Initiative, and put nan Soviet Union connected notice.

I bring up Reagan successful portion because he was not acrophobic of Russia. Part of nan problem shared by Trump and Biden successful dealing pinch nan Ukraine warfare is placing excessively overmuch banal successful Putin’s atomic threats. As galore person pointed out, usage of a atomic limb by Russia successful Ukraine would rustle radiation backmost into Russia itself. Don’t hide that China told Putin successful precocious 2022 to cool disconnected nan atomic threats. Russia is an economical vassal authorities of China. Putin can’t consequence losing China’s lipid money and sneaky microelectronics, and Xi Jinping has made it clear that tactical atomic weapons are bad for business.

Reagan did not hesitate to play hardball pinch General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to get nan Soviets to work together to arms control. Reagan besides avoided nan one-word trap, either utilizing joke to nonstop a message, aliases pointing retired a wider path, astir famously successful his Berlin reside from June 12, 1987. "If you activity peace, if you activity prosperity for nan Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you activity liberalization: Come present to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, unfastened this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

Like Reagan, Trump is very adjacent to a deal, and now is nan infinitesimal to beryllium firm.

Trump has done good luring Putin pinch reminiscences astir nan U.S. confederation pinch nan Russians during World War II, an arena still vivid successful Putin’s mind. (Putin’s mother Maria survived nan siege of Leningrad but mislaid her two-year-old boy Viktor to diptheria and starvation successful 1942 during nan siege.)

Trump ought to show Putin location will beryllium "all hellhole to pay" if Special Envoy Steve Witkoff doesn’t time off Moscow pinch a grin connected his face.

Then, of course, Trump would person to backmost it up, but that’s easy.

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Let Trump frighten to summation nan lipid sanctions aliases retreat each nan financial carrots, which I judge are nan sweeteners being offered down nan scenes. Or really astir a Truth Social station granting Ukraine contiguous NATO membership, followed by nan deployment of nuclear-capable F-35s to Ukraine for "exercises."

Putin’s backside would beryllium twitching for illustration a bunny rabbit’s nose.

All nan world knows Vladimir Putin has a sensation for war. He continues to motorboat attacks connected civilians successful Ukraine to show disconnected his second-rate military, scare European allies, and impressment nan Russian group who cognize he’s a crook but support him anyway.

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Now is nan infinitesimal for Trump to hammer Putin pinch words and existent consequences: renewed NATO subject powerfulness supporting Ukraine, aliases a full nonaccomplishment of immoderate business deals to get retired from nether China’s shadow.

We statesman bombing Crimea successful 5 minutes.