- The consistency with which Donald Trump makes excuses for Vladimir Putin is truly beyond alarming at this point. The Russians have very likely concluded that their next act of aggression towards Europe will receive no meaningful US response…. and they would be right.
- NATO leaders have announced a new initiative, Eastern Sentry, to defend the airspace of frontline states. But the U.S. response has been underwhelming—nonexistent, really. Trump has repeatedly suggested that the incursion of Russian drones into Poland may have been accidental. on.cfr.org/4mwpUbX
