Trump’s good cop-bad cop routine with Russia is looking untenable

President Trump's good cop-bad cop routine with Russia may be approaching its expiration date.

Russia's ambassador threw down the gauntlet Friday morning, telling NBC's “Today” show that it's time for the United States to decide where it stands with Russia. He even invoked the prospect of a new Cold War.

“It seems to me that atmosphere in Washington is poisoned; it's a toxic atmosphere,” said the ambassador, Anatoly Antonov. “It depends upon us to decide whether we are in Cold War or not.”