Almost eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump is changing his stance on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a leader whose legitimacy the Trump administration had previously questioned.
In a significant shift from his past policies, Trump praised Lukashenko, and it looks like he is going to meet with the leader soon. This is a bit of a departure from the administration’s earlier position, which, along with other Western democracies, refused to recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus after a disputed election five years ago.
