Did Putin Wait Until Biden Became President to Invade Ukraine?

Published: May 24, 2022, 5:55 p.m.

In the days after Russia attacked Ukraine, there was a lot of talk among Republicans that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded had Donald Trump still been president. Trump was so difficult to predict, so impulsive, so impetuous, the thinking went, that Putin would not have risked a massive U.S. response under Trump.