Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen | Jonathan Freedland
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Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:21:45 +0200

His capitulation to Putin over Ukraine reveals a pattern.
Hes the patsy giving everything away, getting little in returHe parades as a strongman, but in fact hes weak, weak, weak.
In the face of Americas adversaries Donald Trump is, as he might put it, a patsy, a sucker, a pushover.
He folds like a pack of cards.
Hes a human doormat.
A loser.Just consider the gifts he has handed Vladimir Putin this week.
He has brought Russia in from the diplomatic cold after three years of ostracism following Moscows invasion of Ukraine in 2022, whose anniversary is nearly upon us.
Sergei Lavrov, Putins foreign minister, was meant to be persona non grata he remains under international sanctions.
Nevertheless, this week in Riyadh he met Trumps secretary of state, Marco Rubio, in socalled peace talks.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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