So here’s what Fred Kaplan has to say today…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has thrown Donald Trump a bone that’s so big and juicy, Trump must feel sorely tempted to chase it —- but it’s laced with so much poison that even Trump might calm himself and resist.
The bone, according to the Wall Street Journal, is the proposal of a tripartite summit — just Putin, Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping — to plot in an ending to the Russia–Ukraine war.
And Fred goes on to say that the ending they'd be plotting would be victory for Putin and surrender by Ukraine. For which, I'm thinking, Trump would immediately demand several Nobel Peace Prizes. There's a terrible deal.