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.

President Donald Trump has called for elections in Ukraine, suggesting that holding them could facilitate peace negotiations with Russia. This stance has led to tensions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,