Trump Offers Muted Ukraine Response, Punting the Problem to Europe
- Russia makes Trump’s urge for better ties ‘impossible’: Haley
- U.S. administration waited almost a day to offer a comment
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The Trump administration’s expressions of frustration with Russia over its latest conflict with Ukraine did little to mask a conviction that the flare-up in Crimea is largely Europe’s problem to solve.
After almost a day of silence from the White House and State Department, Ambassador Nikki Haley went to the United Nations Security Council on Monday to condemn Russian forces for firing on Ukrainian ships near Crimea. But she also made clear that the U.S. would refrain from further action and would instead play a supporting role to European efforts to ease tensions.