Vladimir Putin’s financial advisor and chief manipulator Kirill Dmitriev greets Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff at the airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2026
EA-Ukraine VideoCasts: Donald Trump’s Betrayal and Alliance with Putin
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I joined Germany’s DW News on Wednesday afternoon to explain how the Kremlin — from early 2025 to real estate developer Steve Witkoff’s meeting with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday — have been able to manipulate Donald Trump and Witkoff, avoiding an end to the invasion of Ukraine.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: I joined Talk TV’s Petrie Hosken on Wednesday night to analyze the Kremlin’s ongoing manipulation of Donald Trump and his envoy, real estate developer Steve Witkoff, as Moscow rejects proposals to end Russia’s 56-month full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
I begin with Witkoff’s affinity for Vladimir Putin, shown in his gushing tribute to the wanted war criminal as a “great humanitarian”, and how the Kremlin have dangled billions of dollars in economic deals before him, fellow envoy Jared Kushner, and Trump.
I work through Russia’s tactics, as it strings along the Trump camp while pursuing their missile and drone strikes in an attempt — perhaps their last chance — to break Ukraine this winter.
And I consider what Europe and the world must do in the circumstances to support Kyiv.
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