Putin is probably intelligent enough to know that such a summit wouldn't bring an end to the war. But it could cause a major transatlantic rupture if Trump walks out with a Russia- and China-sponsored "peace deal" that Europe and Ukraine have to turn down.

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I'm not sure what the actionable recommendation is here. Trump isn't Reagan, Putin and Xi aren't Gorbachev, this isn't the 1980s.

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De terugkeer van de rijkswacht is een typisch nutteloos voorstel van een politicus die uit is op profilering www.demorgen.be/meningen/de-...

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3 days ago Trump said if it wasn't for one dumb general Russia would have seized Kyiv on day one. Today Rubio is telling us that the war isn't about controlling Ukraine, it's just about Donetsk. They can't get their story straight, but they all seem in a big hurry to sell out Ukraine to Putin.

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Ik wil het leed van de Palestijnen niet minimaliseren, maar dat die vlag op elk protest opduikt (1) vertroebelt de boodschap. En gezien de recente amok zorgt dat ervoor dat (2) de symbolen van de Palestijnse zaak nu gelijk staan aan zinloos geweld.

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