Day 1268

"Stabilizing" - Ukraine's New Word for "Still Fighting for Our Lives"

Our bloody little war is stuck on infinite respawn mode—and everyone's pretending the Putin-Trump beano might change something. It won't, because America's chief negotiator fired everyone who might explain why. So, we're left with making threats while admitting powerlessness, claiming toughness while showing reluctance to actually use available tools.

Donald, who decides foreign policy in "two minutes" based on "instinct," meets Vova, who's ruled Russia for 25 years and is "skilled at catching his interlocutors off guard." Donald's top Russia expert? Real estate developer Steve Witkoff. Vova brings a quarter-century of power and unchanged demands for complete Ukrainian capitulation.

Donald now promises "very severe consequences" if Vova isn't "serious about ending the war"—without specifying what those might be. When asked if he could convince Vova to stop targeting civilians, Donald's answer was refreshingly honest: "…