How Putin Perplexed Trump. Plus, Three Cheers for Assault at Harvard Commencement.

Patience running thin: As spring turns to summer, Russia's offensive in Ukraine is growing stronger, and Donald Trump is growing frustrated. It's easy to see why, writes the Hudson Institute's Mike Watson. The Trump administration, Watson observes, "believed that another attempt to normalize political and economic relations with Russia" and pressuring Ukraine to make a deal would "demonstrate American good faith to the Kremlin." But offers of "sanctions relief, economic cooperation, and other goodies" have not brought a deal to end the war. Now, Trump is left with few good options, particularly as Russia strengthens its economic relationship with China.

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