President Donald Trump has seemingly forgotten one of the biggest insults he has given to Russia as he reiterated his disappointment with Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war.
Two days ago, in a major reversal for the president, Trump declared that Ukraine was doing such a good job on the battlefield that it could potentially win back all the land Moscow had taken since Putin invaded the sovereign nation in 2022.
“This is not distinguishing Russia. In fact, it is very much making them look like “a paper tiger,” Trump said on Tuesday, damning Putin with a phrase that suggests his country appears to be strong but is actually ineffectual.
The insult was swiftly rebuked by the Kremlin, whose spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared that “Russia is more associated with a bear.”
But despite the simme