Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Trump and Putin are trying to destroy the international rule of law, writes columnist Gwynne DyerOfficial White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

November 26, 2025

Russia’s “big concession is they stop fighting, and they don’t take any more land,” United States President Donald Trump said on Nov. 25, when asked what Russia was conceding in the thinly disguised surrender document he was trying to shove down Ukrainian throats. He...

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