This comes as it's now being reported that Putin is escalating the war against Ukraine, and that he's brushing aside Trump's anger about it. Add it all up and Trump is plainly humiliated, realizing that Putin is laughing off his demand for peace.'" Sargent began by asking Bulwark policy Editor Mona Charen how a decision to withhold pivotal arms shipments to Ukraine gets paused under Trump's watch apparently without Trump's knowledge. When asked by reporters who had made the decision to pause shipments, Trump confessed ignorance, saying he didn't know, while simultaneously insisting that no big decisions happen inside his administration without his knowledge.