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Gregory P. Wilson

Gregory P. Wilson is a consultant, author, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Aug. 5, 2025.

President Trump has all the cards to stop Russia’s war against Ukraine. Now, he needs to use them

by Gregory P. Wilson
President Trump announced on July 14 that he was finally ready to provide additional weapons to Ukraine and impose new tariffs on Russia within 50 days – by Sept. 2 – if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not cease his illegal war of aggression and terror in Ukraine. This gave Russia a blank check for 50 more days of senseless death and destruction. No restrictions were imposed on Moscow as a result. On July 28, however, Trump changed his mind and shortened his unilateral deadline. A day lat

Opinion: We're Republicans, and we're voting for Kamala Harris to back Ukraine

In the past week, both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish President Andrzej Duda made stops in Pennsylvania. Zelensky toured an ammunition factory in Scranton, while Duda attended the unveiling of a statue at the Czestochowa cemetery commemorating the Polish Solidarity movement and its fight for independence against the Soviet-backed communist regime. Both leaders were en route to the United Nations General Assembly and share deep concerns about whether the United States will con