[H]is version of peace is not moral triumph but managerial efficiency.
Resolving the Ukraine crisis requires pragmatic diplomatic efforts, not emotional rhetoric.
When Trump rants about Russia's weakness now ... it shows the single thing about Ukraine that actually interests him: money.
It wouldn’t have cost Trump anything to show a clear intent to deter in a strategically crucial moment; it wouldn’t even have undermined his efforts in Ukraine.
Washington is ... trying to blame the Europeans for the president’s failure to broker peace.
Trump is not just blinking again; he is continuing his disastrous Ukraine policy.
Only peaceful coexistence could guard against the risk of war.
After the Washington summit, there are more questions than answers.
The big and strong can do as they wish. The world will have to live with the consequences.