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This isn’t four-dimensional chess. Trump’s selling out of Ukraine. It’s sickening

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William Kristol : President Trump 's recent moves with respect to Ukraine may seem bewildering, but they're not bewildering.

He says the U.S. is now actively helping Vladimir Putin and the Russian state kill Ukrainians to force Ukraine to accept a bad peace deal that very well might spell the end of their country.

Trump isn’t acting foolishly or wishfully. He wants to help Putin , Kristol says.

Ruben Navarrette : It’s proper to blame President Trump for the “incident, display, fiasco, debacle, monstrosity” in the Oval Office .

He says crossing Trump is always and forever a purgeable offense; crossing him is not enough for his most rabid fans.

State officials had until March 12 (i.e., Wednesday ) to submit forms to the Office of Foreign Assistance for the foreign aid review process.

USAID was operating on that timeline, though through a parallel review track.

Some people were simultaneously working through official channels to get previously canceled USAID awards un-terminated.

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