The sound of champagne corks popping inside the Kremlin on Friday must have been deafening. From parroting Kremlin talking points to last week’s efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;publicly humiliate&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-zelensky-news-02-28-25/index.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-zelensky-news-02-28-25/index.html" target="_blank">publicly humiliate</a> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Trump administration has been delivering one victory after another to Russian President Vladimir Putin — who, until early January, had been on the defensive.

In the U.S. and Canada, there remains a dangerous impulse to appease authoritarian regimes and downplay the threat they pose{ai:summary}<p>The Trump administration has been seen as delivering victories to Russian President Vladimir Putin, with actions including the promotion of Kremlin narratives and attempts to undermine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This shift has bolstered Putin's position significantly. </p><p>#foreignaffairs</p>

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