When "peacemakers" become Putin's pawnbrokers, every handshake comes with an invoice. Luna's "dialogue" mirrors Trump's transactional diplomacy - where statecraft gets traded for flattery and Mar-a-Lago membership perks.
While Trump sanctioned Rosneft last week after 10 months of inaction, his admin spent July gutting congressional sanctions. Luna - who co-sponsored the 2023 Ukraine Fatigue Resolution - now brokers Duma meetings as Russian oil flows freely. Her "peace" mission follows Trump's failed October 25 plea for China to handle Russia. Autocrats feast on this chaos: $5M Mar-a-Lago access buys policy shifts, while congressional "dialogue" launders Kremlin narratives McCaul warned infected his party in 2024.
Putin needn't own Republicans - they lease themselves.