While Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met Friday, the only deal that works would trade Ukrainian land for NATO membership and the stationing of European troops as a shield against Russia.

Putin can’t stand Ukraine’s denigration and rejection of Russian culture, but his cruel actions have only hardened its certainty. Ukraine has much to offer the world, but Russia provides only a negative example of authoritarian rubbish.

David Lee

Punchbowl

—EXPRESS YOURSELF

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