What exactly, Iuliia, do you know about "real diplomacy"?
Social media is outraged that Steve Witkoff called Putin a “humanitarian.”
But real diplomacy isn’t an X thread. We’re used to diplomacy of threats and humiliation. If Witkoff had followed that populist style, the road to Moscow would be closed—no American released today, no channel for ending the war.
Saying something difficult to an adversary is harder than posting bold metaphors online. Witkoff remains a working link that can actually help stop the fighting. Online condemnations free no one.