EDITORIAL SPOTLIGHT | DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Even as Russian bombs continued to rain on Ukrainian civilians, the Russian strongman who has thrown Europe into war and chaos enjoyed the red carpet treatment from an American president.

Defenders of President Trump's ersatz diplomacy will suggest, again, that this was all part of a game of four-dimensional chess that will lead to an otherwise unachievable peace.

We see nothing to indicate sophistication in what has taken place.

That Trump invited Vladimir Putin to a high-level summit, lifting his pariah status and permitting him to glow in an embrace, was bad enough.

The only concession we saw was a supposed offer from Putin to accept Western troops in Ukraine. Even that had evaporated by Tuesday.

Putin, of course, is a liar practiced in m

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