Ian Bremmer

He has displayed some willingness to criticize Putin.

over the past few weeks, but in his private meetings with heads of state, and I've gotten downloads on some of those directly, he said, well, I can threaten sanctions, but I really don't want to have to implement them.

That's a problem, right?

So if Trump is ultimately not prepared to have a fist in his glove with Putin, then Putin knows that he can get away with a lot more.

because ultimately the United States is the most important military power in the world and the most important underpinner of NATO as an alliance and supporter of Ukraine militarily, as opposed to economically where the Europeans all in are doing more.

I suspect that Trump is going to give up on this.

that Trump is gonna see it's too hard.

He's already said, well, maybe the Pope can do something.

Maybe Erdogan can do something.

He's spending more time on Iran, which is in a much weaker position, engaging more in trying to get a deal there with some success, by the way.

And I think he's losing interest.

Trump is not a patient person.

He, you know, he doesn't like long briefs.

He likes headlines.

He likes watching TV and reading the news quickly.

And so, you know, this has been going on for a long time.

Trump said it was going to take a day.

Then he said, well, I was exaggerating when I said a day.

But I mean, he doesn't mean years.

And he's like, now it's two weeks.