Leaders | America and Ukraine
The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze
And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky
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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