MORE IMPERIAL YADA - YADA THAN YALTA , TRUMP READY TO KOWTOW NOW TO RUSSIA & CHINA

What happened: The content is an opinion column describing Trump's remarks before boarding Marine One, where he framed a Putin-proposed meeting with Trump and Xi as "denuclearization." The column says the meeting was first reported as an attempt to exclude Zelensky from ceasefire negotiations. Why it matters: The column characterizes the Trump-Putin calls as being about imperial power and says Trump lifted Russian sanctions without a quid pro quo. It states any Putin-Trump-Xi meeting would ultimately be about oil.

The content is an opinion column describing Trump's remarks before boarding Marine One, where he framed a Putin-proposed meeting with Trump and Xi as "denuclearization." The column says the meeting was first reported as an attempt to exclude Zelensky from ceasefire negotiations.

The column characterizes the Trump-Putin calls as being about imperial power and says Trump lifted Russian sanctions without a quid pro quo. It states any Putin-Trump-Xi meeting would ultimately be about oil.