Well, the Trumpian box of chocolates continues to yield its surprises. Just as Forest Grump once averred.
We are referring to the news that Donald Trump may acknowledge the obvious in his peace negotiations with Putin. To wit, that the Russian-speaking, Russian-settled, centuries-long Russian territory of Crimea does not have to be returned to the Ukrainian interlopers as a condition of peace after all—the loud insistence since the Maidan coup of February 2014 by Zelensky, the Bidenestas and the neocon blob in Washington, London, Brussels and Berlin to the contrary notwithstanding.
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