The astonishing Trump-Putin mystery just got much darker

Trump waived sanctions against Russia just two days before they were set to go into effect under federal law. Braying that the US had done “a lot” for Ukraine while Ukraine had done nothing for the US — holding NATO’s nemesis at bay with no real help since 2024 is apparently “doing nothing” — Trump’s waiver came right after he announced another gift to Russia: that the US will now buy Russian diesel, effectuating a 180-degree reversal of years of US policy. After Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” he’d simply fabricated, Russia kept striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, earning no words of remonstrance from Trump.Energy prices spiked globally following Trump’s war in Iran, but he persists in blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries instead of himself or Putin. It is glaringly obvious to the world that Russia started the war against Ukraine and could end it by simply withdrawing; Trump...