The art of No Deal
Mar. 19th, 2025 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Putin just called Trump’s bluff on Ukraine, with the Russian art of the ‘no’ deal
A “no” is not a “yes” when it is a “maybe,” a “probably not,” or an “only if.”
This is the painfully predictable lesson the Trump administration’s first real foray into wartime diplomacy with the Kremlin has dealt. They’ve been hopelessly bluffed.
A “no” is not a “yes” when it is a “maybe,” a “probably not,” or an “only if.”
This is the painfully predictable lesson the Trump administration’s first real foray into wartime diplomacy with the Kremlin has dealt. They’ve been hopelessly bluffed.