Bernie criticized Trump for not agreeing that it would be good for Ukraine to win the war. Let’s assume that Trump wins the election. If he now publicly announced that he wanted Ukraine to win the war, he would not be perceived by Putin to be a disinterested third party. By remaining neutral, he will be in a much better position to broker a deal. If he’s elected I think a deal will be reached quickly. Trump is right on one very important foreign policy principle. It is far better for U.S. interests to have a good relationship with Russia instead of an adversarial one. Trump understands that pushing Putin into the arms of China is a colossal mistake.