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Vermont Conversation: Wall Street Journal correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov on why Trump admires Putin
https://vtdigger.org/2025/03/05/vermont-conversation-wall-street-journal-correspondent-yaroslav-trofimov-on-why-trump-admires-putin/“(President of Ukraine Volodymyr) Zelensky is just a chip to be traded, and it looks like the (Trump) administration will be perfectly happy for the war to end on Russia’s terms,” Trofimov said.
In Donald Trump’s world, friends and enemies trade places with breathtaking speed. Consider the case of Ukraine.
President Joe Biden hailed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “the man of the year” and pledged that the U.S. “will not walk away from Ukraine” in its war against Russia, which attacked Ukraine and annexed Crimea in 2014, and launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Last week, President Donald Trump called Zelensky “a dictator,” falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia, and effectively walked away from Ukraine by halting the delivery of weapons and stopping intelligence sharing. Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as “savvy” and a “genius.”
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President Joe Biden hailed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “the man of the year” and pledged that the U.S. “will not walk away from Ukraine” in its war against Russia, which attacked Ukraine and annexed Crimea in 2014, and launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Last week, President Donald Trump called Zelensky “a dictator,” falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia, and effectively walked away from Ukraine by halting the delivery of weapons and stopping intelligence sharing. Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as “savvy” and a “genius.”
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