Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine crossed a line for Reed that fundamentally altered his view of Trump. “His comments on Putin should disqualify him from ever again running for the GOP nomination,” Reed told me on Wednesday as Russian forces laid siege to Ukrainian cities. “Putin is now a war criminal.”
Reed’s wish to see Trump excommunicated from the GOP is a sign of just how fast the party is attempting to pivot away from Trump’s Putin sycophancy.
There is little sign that Trump or his advisers are worried that Trump’s history of pro-Putin positions will damage him politically.
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