Even before a Russian attack drone murdered an innocent 1-year-old Wednesday and highlighted Vladimir Putin’s savagery, President Donald Trump seemed headed in the right direction on Ukraine.
Moscow’s stubborn refusal to end its unprovoked war has increasingly frustrated the president, prompting him to send Kyiv much-needed arms and threatening tougher sanctions on Russia.
Trump should now commit fully to this strategy; doing so will bolster US negotiating leverage and show the Kremlin it’ll face consequences if it continues to ignore Trump’s calls for peace.
And he can expect the support of his MAGA base.
This week, Trump smartly reversed a Pentagon pause on shipments of key munitions to Ukraine.
The Ukrainians are “getting hit very hard” and “have to be able to defend themselves,” he declared.
Deliveries of at least some of the weapons, including artillery shells and rockets, reportedly have resumed. It appears the Pentagon was operating outside the