Every day is TACO Tuesday with President Donald Trump, especially when it comes to his hot-cold relationship with both Ukraine and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
The latest revelation is that Trump is considering selling Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. These are some of the U.S.’s most sophisticated long-range missiles, with a range of over 1,500 miles. They are able to evade countermeasures by flying low and navigating through terrain rather than merely firing up and falling down.
This is a major escalation for Trump, who seems to have realized only a few weeks ago that Russia is a “paper tiger,” or something that appears powerful but is actually weak. Former President Joe Biden and his all-too-cautious advisers never publicly considered sending Tomahawks to Ukraine. But Trump do