On the one hand, @realDonaldTrump 'talks tough' to #Putin, but then does this. The message this will send to Putin is that #Trump's tough words are empty ones. That will embolden Putin to push harder - militarily on the battlefield, and potentially beyond through escalating hybrid war against #NATO - and politically by refusing any negotiations until his terms are met. 

This is Trump's own goal in #Ukraine.
#Putin #Trump