"[Trump] clearly has delusions of grandeur. And a very big mouth."
They seem to understand him quite well...
That gives Moscow plenty of time to come up with counter proposals and delay the implementation of sanctions even further.
And there's the problem: giving them time, letting them stall.
Trump: "I will get it settled before I even become president and within 24 hours that war will be settled it'll be over."
I am starting to believe that not only did he not do that, but that he won't get it done during his second term. He really has, IMO, looked impotent with Putin.
I dont disagree with any of what youve pointed out here....
that said, I also dont think Trump cares.. hes on his final term.. and while Putin and the management of the relationship with Russia, management of the US involvement in Ukraine, etc is clearly a very big issue... he's getting very easy "wins" in other places (lower courts, economy, trade relationships with other countries, getting NATO to increase spending, etc..etc..)..
20 years from now no one is going to be talking about how Trump mishandled Putin.. but they may well be talking about how the economy was the best it had been in decades during his second term..
And, while he is proving to be just as bombastic this time as the last time, its pretty clear that the American people at large have become much more accepting of it this time around.. they really dont care for the most part as long as the results keep coming in... even his cabinet and senior officials have taken a much more Trump like approach in dealing with the media, leftists, and others.. Tom Holman went nuclear at Turning Point just 2 days ago telling a guy in the audience he was a "moron" and a "loser", described him on national TV as someone that lives in his mothers basement, said he was surprised he didnt have "purple hair and a nose ring" and then challenged him to a physical confrontation in 19 minutes after his speech was supposed to end.. he also used statements like "you dont have the balls", etc.... Look at how aggressive and how hard other cabinet members have turned to social media.. Trump isnt the only "mean" tweeter anymore.. many of them are now doing it.. and the right (not just the hard right "MAGA" types) are eating it up..
if he were eligible for a third term and elections were scheduled for a year from today, I feel pretty certain he'd win by even bigger numbers than he did back in November..
What Im hoping we see happen in the next 12-18 months is both Trump and the R party start to move toward positioning the next candidate for a win (whoever thats going to be).. My fear is that Trumps ego and desire to remain in the limelight and be the most important guy in the room at all times prohibits him from starting to convince the American people that Rubio or Vance or DeSantis or whoever is the next person in line to carry on the America First agenda and continue to push the country in the right direction..
Even CNN is reporting regularly about how the majority of Americans support Trump on the majority of undertakings so far.. they do it reluctantly, and they try desperately to demonstrate flaws or question the how and why of the numbers.. but.. when CNN is telling us pretty much nightly that most Americans want more of what theyre currently getting... that is a huge statement..
