Whatever else he may be, Trump is a genius at flooding the zone. I know I am not the only person whose mind is addled right now due to the speed and volume of executive orders and pronouncements tumbling out of the White House. There’s no time to give each startling development the focus and attention it deserves, because right on its heels there’s something fresher, bolder – and more frightening.

I disagree – most respectfully – with Trump biographer Michael Wolff, Monday’s guest, who said during our interview that he believes the modus operandi behind the cacophony of sound coming out of the White House is chaotic and disorganized. I’d posit that, based on my reporting – with the exception of the flip-flop on tariffs, which was clearly unanticipated – the messaging is highly organized with the precise objective of making our heads spin. The chaos is real – but it’s us who are bumping up and down in the turbulence, not Trump.

With all that in mind, I want to refocus today’s newsletter on Russia – precisely because it’s gotten buried amid the current bombardment of directives testing our Constitution.

Today ought to be a day of global historical importance: the final day of the 30-day “ceasefire” Trump proudly told us he had brokered between Russia and Ukraine as a prelude to peace talks, and which Ukraine agreed to on March 11th. It was supposed to begin on March 18th after a phone call between Trump and Putin.

Except. Wait. There has been no ceasefire.

Read on at Vicky Ward Investigates