From Washington Examiner: President Donald Trump‘s administration argues in its new National Security Strategy that ending the Russia-Ukraine war is a “core interest” for the United States, but it has been faced with European leaders who have “unrealistic expectations” for how it could end.
According to the document, which outlines the core principles of Trump’s “America First” foreign policy, it is in a “core” U.S. interest to “negotiate an expeditious cessation of hostilities in Ukraine,” and doing so would “stabilize European economies, prevent unintended escalation or expansion of the war, and reestablish strategic stability with Russia, as well as to enable the post-hostilities reconstruction of Ukraine to enable its survival as a viable state.”
The Trump administration came into office in January with the goal of ending the war and the near boundless U.S. military support that Ukraine enjoyed under the former administration.
Trump’s election marked a shift in US support for Ukraine, as he campaigned to end military support and seek a peaceful resolution to the war with Russia.
The NSS says European officials “hold unrealistic expectations for the war perched in unstable minority governments.”
Read more at Washington Examiner
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