How Trump has flipped American foreign policy
Trump made headlines with his wild foreign policy moves such as by laying a claim to Panama Canal, planning to buy Greenland and offering Canada to become the 51st US state. However, with one wild jerk, he has flipped America's foreign policy: in less than 10 days, he has managed to completely sideline friends Europe and Ukraine to embrace foe Russia.
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If Trump manages to find a resolution for the Ukraine war by talking to Russia and keeping Europe and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy out of the talks, he would upend the long-held US-Russia relations while also turning US-Europe relations upside down.
The US has provided essential funding and arms to Ukraine, but Trump has rattled Kyiv and its European backers by opening talks with Moscow they fear could end the war on terms unacceptable to them.
The wild turn in American foreign policy
Support for Ukraine was never part of Trump's «America First» agenda. He has long opposed the billions of dollars in aid that Joe Biden sent to Ukraine, and pledged during the 2024 election campaign to end the Ukraine conflict before taking office, sparking further fears he would push Kyiv into an unfavorable deal. The Republican's shock announcement of a call with Putin last week had initially been tempered with a call to Zelensky immediately afterwards. But it rankled with Zelensky, and the tensions grew
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