In a remarkably calm and candid interview with the BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue a few weeks ago, Donald Trump was asked if he was “done” with Vladimir Putin. The president replied directly: “I’m not done with him, but I’m disappointed in him.”
A week later, as if to prove the point, President Trump announced a 50-day deadline for Putin to end the war. Last week, with zero response from the Kremlin and continued attacks on Ukrainian civilians, that deadline was brought forward to the end of this week, and Mr Trump sent his personal envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow.
