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Russian propagandists must be giddy as they watch top U.S. officials—including Donald Trump—bending to the Kremlin’s demands regarding Ukraine. “No one could have imagined we would live to see the day where the correct answer about to whom Crimea belongs would come from the president of the United States, and he will not only give it but will also teach the president of Ukraine what this correct answer is,” said business daily Kommersant writer Sergey Strokan on the Russian broadcast program 60 Minutes Wednesday night. “April 23, 2025, can be confidently written into textbooks on modern history as a special date,” Strokan said. “It changed many things.” Allowing Russia to keep Crimea is a complete reversal of long-standing US policy. In 2018, Trump’s former State Secretary Mike Pompeo called Russia to end its annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. But in a WH press conference today, Trump couldn’t muster a coherent explanation for the switch-up, only further deflecting responsibility for the ongoing conflict. “This isn’t my war. This is Biden’s war,” Trump said. During the press briefing, Trump further claimed that Russia had offered major concessions in a possible peace deal. Those concessions, however, amounted to “stopping taking the whole country.” “Pretty big concession,” Trump added. Masterful. Vladimir, STOP!