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How We Went From Everyone Knowing Trump Would Not Sanction Putin To Fooling Ourselves That He Would

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Phillips P. OBrien
May 26, 2025
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Over the last six months, we have witnessed maybe the greatest example of political gaslighting in US foreign policy history. Ever since Trump was elected he has preened, postured, and acted like he could at any moment impose sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s Russia for its grotesque behavior during the Russo-Ukraine War. Just last night we had anothe…

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