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„Having framed his hostile takeover as simply standing up for Americans’ interests, Ukraine’s refusal may be used by Trump to justify either its exclusion from peace talks or else an eventual reduction of US assistance.
2).
As one bewildered US diplomat at last week’s Munich Security Conference admitted:
»I’m not sure if @realDonaldTrump actually thinks he can get his hands on these assets, or just wants an excuse to leave the Ukrainians hanging. Actually, I’m worried he means both«.
@realDonaldTrump 3).
European leaders, despite their apparent capacity to be surprised afresh each time things don’t happen the way they think they should, ought not to have been taken unawares.
@realDonaldTrump 4).
The only question is how they can operate in this environment, and whether they can move beyond summits and declaratory statements. They haven’t yet. But they should realise that this is exactly the zero-sum world Vladimir Pootin is very used to navigating.”

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@realDonaldTrump 5).
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