The hope is (I know, hope isn't a strategy) that Trump's ego is inflamed when he realizes he is being played by Putin and Putin actually will not be sated by anything less than complete domination of Ukraine. And in turn, he opens the floodgates on support of Ukraine.
The hope is (I know, hope isn't a strategy) that Trump's ego is inflamed when he realizes he is being played by Putin and Putin actually will not be sated by anything less than complete domination of Ukraine. And in turn, he opens the floodgates on support of Ukraine.