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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Humiliated Trump’s Anger at Putin Grows as GOPers Start Breaking Ranks

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4800 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In a series of public remarks, President Trump has lashed out at Vladimir Putin for keeping up his attacks on Ukraine in defiance of Trump’s stated desire for peace. Trump has called Putin “crazy,” has admitted he has no idea what Putin is thinking, and has even tweeted that Putin is “playing with fire!” Trump is plainly feeling embarrassed by Putin—who has only escalated his attacks amid Trump’s peacekeeping efforts—and his humiliation shines through in his recent eruptions, given his campaign vow to end the war quickly due to his toughness and better relations with the Russian leader. Meanwhile, Republicans are now beginning to demand tougher sanctions on Putin, which would constitute another break with Trump—and a tacit admission that his efforts are failing. We talked to Cathy Young, a staff writer at The Bulwark who regularly analyzes Trump-Putin dynamics. She explains what Trump doesn’t understand about Putin, how this leaves Trump badly unsuited for this moment, and why the long-term prospects for the war are pretty grim.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm your host, Greg Sargent. President Donald Trump is extremely frustrated with Vladimir Putin right now.

0:46.4

In a series of public remarks, Trump has lashed out at Putin for keeping up his attack on Ukraine,

0:52.1

which the Russian leader has mysteriously not stopped doing,

0:55.9

even though Trump says he wants him to. Trump has called Putin crazy, and he tweeted that

1:02.0

Putin is playing with fire. What strikes us about all this, however, is that Trump only seems

1:07.9

capable of understanding Putin's continuing warmaking as an affront to him personally,

1:13.2

which really underscores his unfitness for this moment and makes it very hard to understand

1:19.1

what's driving administration policy at this point or where it's all going.

1:23.9

So today we're talking to Kathy Young, a staff writer at the bulwark, who's done a lot of

1:28.0

analysis of all these dynamics. Hopefully she'll be able to help us understand it. Kathy, thanks for

1:32.8

coming on. Thank you for having me. It's always a pleasure. So Russia just carried out one of its

1:38.1

worst drone and missile attacks on Ukraine since the invasion started. At least a dozen were killed,

1:45.6

large numbers were injured.

1:49.8

Before we get into Trump's madness, can you bring us up to date on what happened with that attack and what's been going on with the U.S. efforts to negotiate a peace?

1:54.4

Well, the attacks have been growing in intensity for, I think, the past month.

2:01.6

It's just been a series of relentless attacks, including on Kiev, where for a period of time,

2:08.5

Russia was not attacking. I think part of it is that Russia has sort of stepped up its

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