The president must compel Putin to move toward peace

President Donald Trump is finally losing patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s disdain for honorable efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

On Memorial Day, Trump responded to a weekend of extreme Russian attacks on cities across Ukraine by threatening new sanctions. He said Putin had “gone absolutely crazy.” On May 27, he added a threat, saying only his tolerance of Putin has prevented “lots of really bad things” from happening to Russia. Putin, Trump added, “was playing with fire!”