According to my reporting, the expulsion from the G8 upset Vladimir Putin more than economic sanctions. My question is: if you’re a master deal-maker, why do you give someone who sees the world in stark, zero-sum terms the thing he wants most without getting anything in return?

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) June 8, 2018

Well…when you’re a horrible deal maker, generally an idiot and indebted to the other party.