Last Friday’s meeting between Trump and Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska left many of us wondering how we got to this point. Watching Putin step off his plane to F-35 jets and B-2 bombers flying overhead felt like witnessing America provide a military honor guard for someone who should be facing trial at The Hague, not receiving presidential treatment on American soil. The whole spectacle felt deeply wrong from the start. Putin greeted Trump with “Good afternoon, dear ne...
