A recent Fox News poll showed Americans said 58%-35% that Putin had the “upper hand” on Trump ahead of their summit. Large numbers of Americans have long said Trump is too favorable to Putin. And a Gallup poll showed 7 in 10 Americans were at least “somewhat” worried a peace deal would be too favorable to Russia.
But it’s telling that Republicans feel compelled to publicly express these concerns.
Negotiating an actual peace deal means getting down to the nitty-gritty of what’s an acceptable concession.
And that’s apparently a pretty scary prospect for the many Russia hawks who have quietly stood by for years as Trump and his party drifted away from Ukraine.
Russia is not our friend, Putin is not our friend.