Former National Security Counsel Says Russia Has Played No One ‘As Hard as Trump’ After Ukraine Ceasefire Call | Video

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Mar 19, 2025 - 03:01

Former National Security Counsel Says Russia Has Played No One ‘As Hard as Trump’ After Ukraine Ceasefire Call | Video

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s call discussing an energy and infrastructure ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is more proof to a former Trump administration national security counsel that the president is being played — again.

Alexander Vindman took to his X account Tuesday to breakdown the White House and Kremlin’s call about the latest possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. He called the possible plan a “terrible deal” that disproportionately aids Russia.

“I don’t understand how Trump, who has four years under his belt with Putin, constantly gets played,” Vindman wrote. “Trump moves to normalize relations with Russia for trinkets. This ceasefire, if it starts and Russia doesn’t violate it, disproportionately helps Russia, whose energy infrastructure is getting pounded by Ukraine. For 35 years, six Republican and Democrat administrations, has succumbed to manipulation. Russia has been extremely successfully dangling small wins and threatening terrible consequences to get the U.S. to compromise and capitulate. But no one has been played as hard as Trump.”

Vindman continued, “He consistently claims grand successes, for at best, token achievements. A phone call isn’t an achievement. A watered down ceasefire in exchange for dividing our alliance is a significant cost.”