Strike That, Reverse It

“President Trump reversed himself on one of the key foreign policy issues of his presidency on Tuesday, abandoning his insistence that Ukraine give up land to strike a peace deal with Russia and instead declaring that Ukraine, with the support of Europe, was ‘in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.’ His turnabout on social media shortly after a meeting in New York with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was a head-spinning pivot.” (Now we just have to find a way to make sure he doesn’t talk to anyone else about this issue until peace is secured…) NYT (Gift Article): In a Sudden Shift, Trump Says Ukraine Can Win the War With Russia. (Ukraine can win, but it will take more than words from America.)

+ Tom Nichols in The Atlantic (Gift Article): Why Trump Changed His Mind on Ukraine. “I hope I’m wrong. But Trump has a well-known tendency to agree with whomever he spoke with last, and his comments today may only reflect the immediacy of his meetings with Zelensky and Macron. The only way the world can know if the president meant what he said today is if he comes back to Washington and puts America firmly back on the side of NATO and Ukraine with money and materiel. Until then, it’s just talk.”