Of course Putin wants to “negotiate”. Putin’s negotiating terms are Ukraine gets annexed, the US leaves NATO, and Zelinsky gets hauled off to Moscow to apologize to Putin for antagonizing Russia in the first place, and maybe Kyiv doesn’t get nuked. Maybe.
And Trump would go right along with it.
How quickly would you want to have your case heard if you knew that the judge was willing to not only let you off on those pesky bank robbery charges, but was likely going to tell you to keep the money? Same thing applies here.
Of course Putin wants to “negotiate”. Putin’s negotiating terms are Ukraine gets annexed, the US leaves NATO, and Zelinsky gets hauled off to Moscow to apologize to Putin for antagonizing Russia in the first place, and maybe Kyiv doesn’t get nuked. Maybe.
And Trump would go right along with it.
How quickly would you want to have your case heard if you knew that the judge was willing to not only let you off on those pesky bank robbery charges, but was likely going to tell you to keep the money? Same thing applies here.