Leaders | America and Ukraine

The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze

And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky

A Team Dover Airman loads weapons cargo bound for Ukraine onto a C-17 Globemaster III during a security assistance mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Photograph: US Air Force

DONALD TRUMP’S foreign policy works on a simple formula: the more you depend on America the worse he can treat you. That is the lesson the world should take from a devastating week, which culminated in an announcement on March 3rd that America is pausing all military aid to Ukraine until it accepts Mr Trump’s terms for peace with Russia.

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