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Putin is playing America as a patsy, says Sen. Grassley. NYTimes has the receipts. [1]
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Date: 2025-04-26
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
If Putin drafted a shopping list of what he wanted from Washington, it would be hard to beat what he was offered in the first 100 days of trump’s new term.
Many of the president’s actions on other fronts (besides Ukraine) also suit Moscow’s interests, including the rifts he has opened with America’s traditional allies and the changes he has made to the U.S. govt itself.
“The current approach,” David Shimer (a former Russia adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr.) said, “favors Russia across the board — making concession after concession on Ukraine, dismantling our key soft power tools and weakening our alliance network across Europe, which historically has helped the United States deal with Russian aggression from a position of strength.”
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