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 the bid woody DONE," Trump posted connected Truth Social connected Thursday.

Oh, the vexation of negotiating with Russia. But this sounded similar the outcry of a hoop-skirted heroine tied to the railroad tracks.

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

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

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

So present we are, with negotiations astatine an aggravated signifier of swapping Crimea for the immense Zaporizhzhia atomic works and trying to marque definite Ukraine has a viable economical path.

"Vladimir, STOP" won’t get the occupation done. Can this beryllium the aforesaid President Donald J. Trump who threatened Hamas determination would beryllium "all hellhole to pay," which resulted successful a ceasefire and a hostage deal? Trump has travel down similar a ton of bricks connected Ayatollah Khamenei. He’s said aggregate times helium volition onslaught Iran if request beryllium to halt Iran from gathering a atomic bomb. "If we don’t marque a deal, I’ll beryllium starring the pack," Trump said connected Friday.

Perhaps Trump needs to accidental thing similar this next:

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

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

I bring up Reagan successful portion due to the fact that helium was not acrophobic of Russia. Part of the occupation shared by Trump and Biden successful dealing with the 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 stroke radiation backmost into Russia itself. Don’t hide that China told Putin successful precocious 2022 to chill disconnected the atomic threats. Russia is an economical vassal authorities of China. Putin can’t hazard losing China’s lipid wealth and sneaky microelectronics, and Xi Jinping has made it wide that tactical atomic weapons are atrocious for business.

Reagan did not hesitate to play hardball with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to get the Soviets to hold to arms control. Reagan besides avoided the one-word trap, either utilizing wit to nonstop a message, oregon pointing retired a wider path, astir famously successful his Berlin code from June 12, 1987. "If you question peace, if you question prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you question liberalization: Come present to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, unfastened this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, teardrop down this wall."

Like Reagan, Trump is precise adjacent to a deal, and present is the infinitesimal to beryllium firm.

Trump has done good luring Putin with reminiscences astir the U.S. confederation with the Russians during World War II, an lawsuit inactive vivid successful Putin’s mind. (Putin’s parent Maria survived the siege of Leningrad but mislaid her two-year-old lad Viktor to diptheria and starvation successful 1942 during the siege.)

Trump ought to archer Putin determination volition beryllium "all hellhole to pay" if Special Envoy Steve Witkoff doesn’t permission Moscow with 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 endanger to summation the lipid sanctions oregon retreat each the fiscal carrots, which I judge are the sweeteners being offered down the scenes. Or however astir a Truth Social station granting Ukraine contiguous NATO membership, followed by the deployment of nuclear-capable F-35s to Ukraine for "exercises."

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

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

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

We statesman bombing Crimea successful 5 minutes.