How Not to Negotiate with Putin

Trump seems to feel that leading the free world is a job for suckers - and that Ukraine should be sold for scrap

From the moment Donald Trump was re-elected, it should have been clear that his approach to Ukraine would be betrayal (as we predicted on this pages). This week, he proved it beyond doubt in statements about the war that were not just a capitulation to Russian propaganda but a fundamental misreading of American interests. Even those who saw it coming mi…