[tsowellfan]

Putin’s trying to play Trump. Zelenski’s trying to play the whole world.

Trump’s no fool a heads up for the Putin lovers.

Zelinski is a fool and very uninformed on the way the American people in general think. He thinks we are like western union.

[DesertRhino]

Putin isn’t trying to “play” Trump. The Russian position hasn’t changed in a decade. Putin has been consistent and basically has the same demands as before the war. We are just upset that they aren’t so eager to please us that they will sign onto anything we propose.
They know Trump has no support from his own Congress, and will likely face a democrat Congress in <2 years. They know that the minute there is a “deal” we will flood in Brits, French, Poles, Germans, fighter jets, missiles, and embed everywhere as “non-NATO” peacekeepers.

Then the nazis can keep with sabotage ops, assassinations, random bombings or drone attacks etc. They know they cannot be hit in return at that point, and can plead ignorance of whodunit.

And they know we are the ones desperate for a deal.

[Kazan]

Zelensky is the only playing Trump. He's dragged his feet about a rare earths deal for more than two months.

If doesn't sign one, there is NO reason continue to be involved in this war.