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The Guardian - US
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Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington

How Trump is driving US towards Russia – a timeline of the president’s moves

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Trump shakes Vladimir Putin’s hand during the G20 summit in Osaka in June 2019. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

In just seven weeks since returning to the White House for a second term, Donald Trump has upended the US approach to the invasion of Ukraine and treated Russia increasingly not as an adversary, but an ally.

After tossing aside decades of alignment with Europe against Russian aggression, the US president suspended military assistance and intelligence to Kyiv and said on Friday he finds it “easier” to work with Russia than Ukraine.

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