As crisis conditions worsen in Ukraine, Trump finds new ways to coddle Russia’s Putin

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1. **From Steve Benen, producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show”:** 

   It’s been 10 days since Donald Trump hosted a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on American soil, which proved to be a humiliating failure for the American president. In the aftermath of Trump’s self-created fiasco, the crisis in Ukraine has only intensified.

   Indeed, any evidence of progress is hard to find. Not only has Russia continued its deadly military offensives in Ukraine, including a strike on a U.S.-owned factory last week, but Moscow’s diplomatic posture toward the war it started hasn’t changed much at all. While the White House suggested that Putin was moving toward imminent talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said largely the opposite on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

   Common sense might suggest that the American president would be outraged, not only by his own failures, but by Russia’s refusal to work in good faith. But as the public was reminded Friday, Trump, instead of condemning the Russian dictator, is finding new ways to coddle him 

   Read more: [https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ukraine-trump-russia-putin-rcna226940](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ukraine-trump-russia-putin-rcna226940) 

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