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I'm your host, Greg Sargent. It appears to be dawning on President Trump that he will not be ending the Russia-Ukraine war in one day, as he promised during the campaign.

Trump's frustration at Vladimir Putin is rising to the point where he even accused Putin of throwing

bullshit at him. Trump even admitted that Putin's word to him is meaningless. All this comes as it's

now being reported that Putin is escalating the war against Ukraine and that he's brushing aside

Trump's anger about it.

Add it all up and it sure looks like Trump has realized to his shock and horror that Putin is

laughing at him.

So now what?

Is there any reason to believe Trump when he says he's now figured out what Putin's game is?

Will Trump keep arming Ukraine?

Will Republicans finally demand that he do the right thing? We're talking about all this with Mona Sharon, policy editor at the

bulwark, who has been castigating Republicans for spinelessly going along with Trump's pro-Pootenism.

Mona, thanks for coming on. Hi, Greg. Good to be with you. So we're in this strange situation

right now. Last week, the Trump administration paused some arms shipments to Ukraine. Then this

week, Trump reversed, confirming that arms shipments will continue. But then when asked by

reporters who had made the initial decision to pause the shipments, Trump said he didn't know. And then this exchange happened.

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