With the US election fast approaching, new revelations about ex-president and candidate Donald Trump are raising questions about his future policy regarding the war in Ukraine, should he return to the White House.
The facts date back to 2017, during a meeting in Hamburg between Trump, elected seven months earlier, and Vladimir Putin. The geopolitical context was tense at the time: Russia had annexed Crimea three years earlier, the beginnings of the future war with Ukraine. In the presence of their advisors, the two men broached the subject of Ukraine.
According to The Independent and the New York Times, Trump then raised the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine and sought advice from Putin. “What do you think?”, he would have said. This was followed by a long speech from Putin, calling Ukraine a “corrupt” and “fabricated” country, to which Russia had all the rights. Trump reportedly did not dispute that position, sparking concerns among U.S. officials.
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, present at that meeting, likened the exchange to “a masterful lesson” given by Putin to influence Trump’s still relatively new view on Ukraine.
American election in sight
Some time later, the multiple cases showing Putin’s great influence on Trump’s decisions, then the pressure exerted by the latter to push Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, political rival, ended up discrediting the billionaire in his management of the American foreign policy.
Today, however, the race for the White House, more than uncertain, could well see Donald Trump triumph again, which raises concerns among the allies of the United States, particularly with regard to the war in Ukraine.
On September 27, after a very delicate meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky…
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