From the Daily Beast / Yahoo!News:
"Opinion: How Putin Is Playing Trump Like a Puppet
Vladimir Putin has Donald Trump right where he wants him.
Now the world is waiting to see what Russia wants, rather than what Ukraine needs or the United States desires.
The U.S. president sees peace as a means to an end. In his case, bragging rights over Joe Biden and European leaders who have fretted over the bloody conflict for three years.
Of course, Trump also wants the killing to stop. But picking up the phone to the Kremlin and sending over your golfing buddy to knock some sense into the Russians is playing into Putin’s hands.
Because Moscow has no interest in peace.
It is Trump’s strategy, or rather, his lack of strategy, that interests Putin and his pit bull foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov...
There’s a reason the Russian leader sees Witkoff as a man he can do business with. He may be a good negotiator, but he’s a property guy. World peace is a new gig...
“It’s like sending Witkoff into a lion’s den with Putin and Lavrov,” said the source. “Putin is now in a position where he can call the shots. Trump has created a situation for him that simply wasn’t there before.
“Whatever he says, Putin will not stop the war. Even if he agrees to a ceasefire, he will look for a way to blame Ukraine for breaking it.”
Another insider, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals from Trump, added: “He may not know it, but Trump is Putin’s puppet right now. He thinks he knows what he’s doing, but he is dancing to Russia’s tune. And they don’t want peace.”
The insider said Putin’s overriding interest is in achieving his imperialist goals..."
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