Trump's new position on the war in Ukraine: Not my problem

For months, President Trump has been threatening to simply remove the frustrating negotiations for an armistice between Russia and Ukraine.

After a call on Monday between Mr. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin from Russia, this seems to be exactly what the American president does. The deeper question now is whether he also gives up America's three -year project to support Ukraine, an emerging democracy that he has often blamed to have illegally penetrated.

Mr. Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky from Ukraine and other European leaders after calling with Mr. Putin, Russia and Ukraine, he would have to find a solution for the war, only days after he said that only he and Mr. Putin had the authority to convey a deal. And he resigned from his own threats to join a European pressure campaign that, according to six officials who were familiar with the discussion, contain new sanctions against Russia. They spoke under the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.

Her account illuminates Mr. Trump's decision to overturn his hands when it comes to a peace process that he had previously promised to solve in just 24 hours. And if he did not reverse the course, the developments on Monday have left Mr. Putin exactly what he wanted: not only an end to American pressure, but also the creation of a deep division within the North Atlantic contract organization, between the Americans and their traditional European allies, which say that they continue with sanctions anyway.

For many, Mr. Trump's decision was predicted – first through his fiery encounter with Mr. Zelensky in the Oval Office, which is broadcast on television, then by resigning the American ambassador in Kyiv.

“Politicians have been pressure on the victim since the beginning of the Trump government,” to put Ukraine under pressure as the attacker, Russia, “wrote Bridget A. Brink, the former ambassador and a long -time foreign service officer after leaving Kyiv last month. “Peace at any price is not a peace at all – he is a soil.”