Sorry, Donald Trump, But Ukraine Is Your War
The president may want to walk away and make the conflict Europe’s problem, yet it’s not that simple.
Trump and Zelenskiy may have to disagree to agree.
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The crucial test of President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy was always going to come when he realized that something he thought was easy — brokering a peace agreement — turned out to be very hard. He would then face a choice between doing the difficult, dangerous work of seeking a sustainable settlement, or simply disengaging and letting the war take its awful course.
Trump’s moment has arrived, and he seems to be picking flight over fight. The irony is that Ukraine won’t soon be done with a president who wants nothing more than to be done with Ukraine.