CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 28, 2025
MAKING A DEAL WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT – MAKE THAT DICTATOR – VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. PUTIN HAS NEVER HONORED ANY AGREEMENT OR DEAL HE HAS SIGNED. NOT ONE. SO WHY WOULD ANYONE THINK HE WOULD LIVE UP TO ANY NEW DEAL?
HIS LATEST IS THIS: THE KREMLIN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED UKRAINE’S “RIGHT TO EXIST” BUT ONLY IF IT AGREES TO “LET PEOPLE GO” FROM THE COUNTRY’S DONBAS REGION. THIS MEANS IN TRANSLATION – CEDE TERRITORY TO RUSSIA WHICH WILL THEN BE USED BY PUTIN TO ABSORB THE REST OF UKRAINE INTO RUSSIA’S ORBIT. PUTIN HAS REPEATEDLY SAID UKRAINE IS AN ILLEGITIMATE COUNTRY AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AN ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT. HOW DO YOU SQUARE THOSE STATEMENTS? YOU DON’T.
VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE THINKS THE ADMINNISTRATION IS MAKING DIPLOMATIC PROGRESS. ON LAST SUNDAY’S “MEET THE PRESS,” VANCE SAID: “WE ARE ENGAGING IN THIS DIPLOMATIC PROCESS IN GOOD FAITH.” THE PROBLEM IS THAT PUTIN ISN’T.
EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS SAY THE WEST WOULD BE WALKING INTO A TRAP IF IT SUPPORTS CEDING ANY UKRANIAN LAND TO MOSCOW. THEY ARE RIGHT.
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, INCLUDING SECONDARY SANCTIONS AND INCREASED MILITARY HELP FROM EUROPE ARE THE ANSWER. I’M CAL THOMAS.
