Steve Schmidt: Trump’s Appeasement of Putin Threatens the World

Dec 29, 2025 | Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin before meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss an elusive peace deal at Mar-a-Lago. Steve Schmidt breaks down Representative Mike Turner’s comments and explains why appeasing Putin threatens the entire world.

You get an ignorant leader of the West when you let ignorant people elect such a powerful man. This is the weakness of democracy — when the right to vote is given to know-nothings. And, while we are at it, how many innocent Ukrainians (and Russians) have had to die because of this ignorance? — © Mark Alexander