is displaying extreme enthusiasm — some might say “irrational exuberance” — ahead today’s historic meeting with Russian President , despite the fact that Putin has made no concessions or public statements indicating he’s willing to agree to a ceasefire in the Ukraine war after three-and-a-half years of fighting.

In an interview on Fox radio with , Trump oozed confidence about how he sees the day playing out, based, he said, on a pre-summit phone call with Putin. “I believe he wants peace. I believe that President Putin, when I spoke to him yesterday, I mean. I know him very well. Yes, I think he wants peace. I think he would tell me if he didn’t.”

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