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Trump's new NATO claim exposes a surreal disconnect with reality
Trump Wants Credit for a War He Is Managing by NeglectThe Power Is in WashingtonThe useful fact in this story is not whether Ukrainians like Trump. It is that Trump controls the levers: military aid, diplomatic pressure, intelligence sharing, sanctions waivers, and the symbolic weight of the U.S. presidency. When he cut military aid, left a promised $400 million package unreleased, and pressed Ukraine to surrender Donbas to satisfy Putin, that was not confusion. That was policy.The article’s polling numbers are real evidence, but they sit inside a deeper structure of power. Ukrainians are…
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