Donald Trump’s latest sit-down with Vladimir Putin spiraled into chaos as the former president delivered a rambling, historically inaccurate account of the Cold War that left his own advisors “helpless” to intervene, according to biographer Michael Wolff. On the Inside Trump’s Head podcast, Wolff said Trump’s take on the Soviet-era conflict was so distorted it seemed to put the U.S. and USSR on the same side. While Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff tried in vain to steer the conversation, Trump steamrolled ahead with flattery and incoherent musings, leaving Putin to seize the moment with a chilling justification for Russia’s ambitions in Ukraine. Wolff noted that Trump’s inability to grasp the stakes — and his refusal to listen — handed Putin the advantage. Meanwhile, the White House brushed off the account with its usual attack, dismissing Wolff as a liar with “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

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Trump bungles Cold War history in chaotic Putin summit