Why Trump is Furious with Vladimir Putin
The Russian leader is “playing with fire” as he ignores demands from Trump.
Anthony Constantini
May 31, 2025
_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump promised to end the Russo-Ukrainian war in 24 hours.
Upon taking office, he acknowledged it might take longer, but expressed hope that peace would quickly be found.
However, both Ukraine and Russia have dragged their feet toward peace, and after months of anger directed toward Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, it is Russia that has increasingly drawn Trump’s ire of late, as they have continued to pound Ukrainian cities amid Trump’s peace push.