Peace through strength looks a lot like old-fashioned weakness

Under Donald Trump, Putin is dangerously escalating his war in Europe

‘Vladimir, Stop!’ begged Trump, in a social media post in April.

But since Trump’s plea — as it was clearly not an order — the Russian President has responded in only one way, escalation.

The most dramatic of these occurred overnight when a swarm of drones flew into Polish, and NATO, airspace on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

NATO pilots from Italy a…