Feb 25th, 2025

Trump Breaks With Allies on Russian Blame for War in Ukraine

President Donald Trump deepened Washington’s split with allies over Ukraine, withdrawing US condemnation of Russia’s 2022 invasion at the United Nations and among Group of Seven countries as he aims to end the war on terms agreeable to Moscow.  In New York on Monday, the US and Russia both voted against an European-backed resolution in the UN General Assembly that calls out Moscow’s “full-scale invasion” exactly three years ago. The two sides later aligned for the first time since the war started in the Security Council to approve a US resolution calling for a “swift end” to the conflict without assigning blame, a stark reversal from policy under President Joe Biden. Angela Stent, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, reacts to the sharp turn in US foreign policy, saying that former US President Ronald Reagan would be "turning in his grave." Dr. Stent speaks with Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney on Bloomberg Radio.