Category Archives: Putin
Mr. President: stop making loser war decisions
Donald Trump likes to see himself as a winner. So why does he keep siding with Vladimir Putin, who is looking like a big loser in his war against Ukraine? Sources that assess his battlefield report that Russia is losing … Read the rest
Apology for Trump/Hegseth anti-Ukraine bias
This column on the Russia-Ukraine quagmire was written before President Trump’s “invasion” of Venezuela. There is an obvious parallel between Putin’s power plays against his neighbors and Trump’s muscling our former allies in Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Like Putin, … Read the rest
How would Cheney have dealt with Putin?
What would Dick Cheney do? I was a colleague and friend of Cheney in the late 1960s when I had a Congressional Fellowship and he was on the staff of Donald Rumsfeld when he was congressman and later a Nixon … Read the rest
Mr. President: fewer words, more actions on Ukraine
Remember when President Trump said the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 would never have happened if he had been president. He implied that President Biden had been soft in foreign affairs, in contrast to his toughness. He implied that … Read the rest
Trump: How to go from chump to poker player to Nobel winner
On the hunt for a Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump gave himself a 10 out of 10 for his efforts at the Alaskan summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I give him a zero. In a follow-up meeting, some … Read the rest
Putin to Trump: Forget the Nobel Prize
Divorce is never easy, which President Trump is finding out with his former partner in politics, Elon Musk. They are estranged to say the least. And that got me to wondering how his recent conversation went his bromance buddy Vladimir … Read the rest
To Trump: more adversaries are bad business
I have written several columns about Donald Trump’s over-rated business prowess, but keep watching with amazement as he violates time-honored business practices over and over again. The latest is his inability to collaborate with partners to bring about success in … Read the rest
GOP on Ukraine: dumb, dumber, dumbest
Talk about the ultimate example of “dumb and dumber.” Our self-anointed master deal-maker, President Donald Trump, gave away the store when he told Vladimir Putin at the get-go that he could keep the land he seized in Ukraine as part … Read the rest
Trump diplomacy encouraged more warfare
Donald Trump is reportedly frustrated and surprised that his self-acclaimed deal-making prowess hasn’t worked to bring peace in Gaza and Ukraine. He shouldn’t be surprised. He violated nearly every principle of negotiations that is used in business all day, every … Read the rest
Trump messes up “The Art of the Deal”
An updated version of “The Apprentice,” the reality TV show — infamous for Donald Trump’s line “YOU’RE FIRED,” was staged in the Oval Office Friday by JD Vance, our punk VP, and our chaotic president was dumber than dumb in … Read the rest
