President Donald Trump was quick to declare “TOTAL VICTORY” after a New York appeals court threw out a civil fraud penalty that stood to cost him more than a half-billion dollars

A panel of New York appeals court judges said today that the roughly $520 million penalty imposed on President Trump for fraudulently inflating his wealth was excessive. The court eliminated the financial penalty while preserving the judgment that the president had committed fraud.

Russian President Putin is stepping up his attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine. Now, President Trump is calling on Ukraine to take the fight into Russia.