Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken advantage of President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, Sen. John Kennedy told “Fox News Sunday.”

The Louisiana Republican said that “Putin has reneged on every promise that he has made to President Trump. His latest proposal is, well, nothing. He wants to keep all the territory that he has taken, he wants to prohibit Ukraine from joining NATO and he wants America and Europe to stop helping Ukraine.”

Kennedy said: “I think Putin thinks that America has taken the bullet train to Chinatown. I think he thinks we’re afraid of him. He has jacked around President Trump at every turn. He has disrespected our president. 

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