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The Guardian - UK
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The Guardian view on Trump’s support for Ukraine: a welcome but not reliable vote of confidence

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the UN general assembly this month.
‘Donald Trump’s attitude to Volodymyr Zelenskyy has evolved … from contempt to courtesy and now something like respect.’ Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

The judgment of a man who fails to distinguish between aggressor and victim when describing the Russia-Ukraine war is not worthy of respect. Unfortunately, when that man is the US president, his opinion cannot be ignored.

Earlier this year, Donald Trump asserted that Vladimir Putin had “all the cards” and urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make peace in terms that resembled surrender. This week, Mr Trump declared that Kyiv might achieve total victory, liberating all territory currently under Russian occupation.

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