The Trump administration may be considering negotiating a peace deal with Russia that would end the war in Ukraine. “No American president in the last 80 years and probably 100 years before that would have made this bargain,” Kori Schake, the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, tells the Opinion columnist David French.
Trump’s Bargain With Putin Is ‘Shameful’
Turning our back on Ukraine would only weaken America.Below is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Opinions.” We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio app, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.
David French: Trump’s foreign policy strategy so far has largely involved alienating or attacking America’s long standing allies while embracing Vladimir Putin.
I think we’re all coming to terms with Donald Trump’s turn against Ukraine.
Audio clip of Donald Trump: A dictator without elections, Zelensky better move fast or he’s not going to have a country left, gotta move, gotta move fast.
News Clip: Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelenskyy is appealing to the Trump administration as the U.S. looks to thaw its relationship with Russia.