Jake Tapper

is just upping the ante on the united states not upping the ante on our trade partners and similarly the way that president trump has approached the ukraine negotiations i think has basically taught putin that he can continue to play this out now i think we could see putin also play trump in a different way which has come to some kind of agreement around a very short-term ceasefire that gives him a lot of freedom of maneuver to keep squeezing ukraine

So we'll have to watch what happens in the days ahead. But President Trump has made two cardinal errors, I think, in negotiations. One is what you said, the setting of the arbitrary deadlines.

So we'll have to watch what happens in the days ahead. But President Trump has made two cardinal errors, I think, in negotiations. One is what you said, the setting of the arbitrary deadlines.

So we'll have to watch what happens in the days ahead. But President Trump has made two cardinal errors, I think, in negotiations. One is what you said, the setting of the arbitrary deadlines.

The second is giving away concessions, massive concessions, before the negotiation has even begun, which he did when he sent Secretary Hegseth to Europe to say, we're not going to let Ukraine and NATO, one of Russia's huge asks, and getting nothing in return for that.

The second is giving away concessions, massive concessions, before the negotiation has even begun, which he did when he sent Secretary Hegseth to Europe to say, we're not going to let Ukraine and NATO, one of Russia's huge asks, and getting nothing in return for that.

The second is giving away concessions, massive concessions, before the negotiation has even begun, which he did when he sent Secretary Hegseth to Europe to say, we're not going to let Ukraine and NATO, one of Russia's huge asks, and getting nothing in return for that.

And there, too, I think President Trump has shown that his capacity to negotiate effectively with someone like Vladimir Putin simply hasn't borne out.

And there, too, I think President Trump has shown that his capacity to negotiate effectively with someone like Vladimir Putin simply hasn't borne out.

And there, too, I think President Trump has shown that his capacity to negotiate effectively with someone like Vladimir Putin simply hasn't borne out.

Do you think it's inexperience, the eagerness to get a deal, the fact that they set a fake deadline so they think, wow, if we give this concession, of course the other side's going to immediately agree and the other side's like, nope, maybe you should have learned the history about how Putin negotiates and you'll know if you give an inch, he'll take your life.

Do you think it's inexperience, the eagerness to get a deal, the fact that they set a fake deadline so they think, wow, if we give this concession, of course the other side's going to immediately agree and the other side's like, nope, maybe you should have learned the history about how Putin negotiates and you'll know if you give an inch, he'll take your life.

Do you think it's inexperience, the eagerness to get a deal, the fact that they set a fake deadline so they think, wow, if we give this concession, of course the other side's going to immediately agree and the other side's like, nope, maybe you should have learned the history about how Putin negotiates and you'll know if you give an inch, he'll take your life.

What do you think it even is about it?

What do you think it even is about it?

What do you think it even is about it?

Look, I don't think that there's a real logic to this. I don't think that there's some deep strategy. I think what there is is every day you have somebody waking up in the morning and thinking that they can command the news cycle with very bold assertions, 24 hours, 90 days, 30 days. That is about projecting strength for the minute, not delivering strength for the long term.

Look, I don't think that there's a real logic to this. I don't think that there's some deep strategy. I think what there is is every day you have somebody waking up in the morning and thinking that they can command the news cycle with very bold assertions, 24 hours, 90 days, 30 days. That is about projecting strength for the minute, not delivering strength for the long term.

Look, I don't think that there's a real logic to this. I don't think that there's some deep strategy. I think what there is is every day you have somebody waking up in the morning and thinking that they can command the news cycle with very bold assertions, 24 hours, 90 days, 30 days. That is about projecting strength for the minute, not delivering strength for the long term.

And I just think that's a mode of operating that President Trump brings to geopolitics the same way he brings it to regular politics. And in geopolitics, it just doesn't hunt.