- President-elect Donald Trump floated the possibility of a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the devastating conflict in Ukraine.
- “President Putin wants to meet. He’s said that even publicly. And we have to get that war over with, that’s a bloody mess,” Trump said Thursday.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a $500 million aid tranche for Ukraine, a mere 10 days before President Joe Biden’s scheduled exit from the White House.
But… like, I know the supreme court ruled that he can fucking do anything, but as a presidential candidate isn’t that quid pro quo? He is still not fucking president! He cannot negotiate with foreign states….
He’s not negotiating, he’s getting instructions.
The legality of all that is moot, since he’s above the law.