Radio Host Torches Trump For Letting Putin Walk Away Without Ceasefire Agreement

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="68a55d72e4b08e59891e40d5">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","mediaId":"19c9fe9d-8b80-45c9-a2a2-e872b159963a"}).render("68a55d72e4b08e59891e40d5");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">Stephen A. Smith has joined in the <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-attacks-ukraine-war-critics_n_68a346b1e4b0b028bc35ef8b" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">widespread criticism</a> of President Donald Trump’s failure to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine following his <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">repeated promises</a> to do so. </span></p><p>“The reality is, and excuse my language, he opened his mouth and deposited checks his ass can’t cash,” the radio host said of Trump on Monday while appearing on <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/trumps-checks-cant-cash-stephen-a-smith/">NewsNation’s “Cuomo.”</a> “That’s really what it comes down to.” </p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“You got to be able to end this war,” Smith con