European hopes that Donald Trump had finally tired of being played by Vladimir Putin and was ready to get tough with Russia have proved fleeting. On the day the US president’s deadline passed for the Russian leader to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine or face harsh economic punishment, he chose instead to invite Putin to a summit in Alaska. Trump still seems to believe only his personal involvement can secure a deal — and that even an accord that gives Moscow most of what it wants is worthwhile in hope of ending, for now, the bloodshed in Ukraine. The message his western counterparts should be impressing on the US leader is that a bad deal would be ruinous for Ukraine, for European and US security — and for Trump’s own legacy.
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