The NATO issue did not trigger the war. However, the thoughtless expansion of NATO contributed to a climate of mistrust that was a factor in Russia’s moving in an aggressive, nationalist direction. But there are two more parts to the story.
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Some fear disaster, others calmly accept a new reality in U.S.-Ukraine relations. The treatment of Ukraine’s president by Trump and Vance has produced a presumably unintended consequence: It has unified a war-weary Ukrainian people.
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Trump’s pitiful pivot to Putin has awakened two sleeping giants—Republican opposition and European unity.
Trump's first formal phone call with Putin could hardly have been more ominous—a clear sign that the American President who praised Russia’s war on its neighbor as an act of strategic “genius” now intends to force a ceasefire on Putin’s terms.
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