And Trump’s attack on Zelensky, who was hailed as a hero in the United States for resisting Russia’s Blitzkrieg on Kyiv early in the war, was a graphic sign of how the new American administration has reversed Washington’s stance of supporting the victim of the invasion and is now rewarding the aggressor.

The Ukrainian president has been excluded from the administration’s negotiations with Russia seeking an end to the war.

Stunned by President Trump’s outreach to Russia over Ukraine, European leaders are groping for common ground.