Trump’s Latest Shift Toward Russia Could Face Stronger Republican Opposition

Idon’t expect the current sorry state of the U.S.–Ukraine/Russia relationship to endure, if only because President Trump has already occupied most of the possible positions on the matter and so I suspect he’ll come to occupy different ones in the future — or to occupy old ones once more.

But I do wonder if Trump’s latest lurch toward Russia is importantly different from the previous several. Not because Trump has changed, but because the political and strategic circumstances surrounding him have.

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Idon’t expect the current sorry state of the U.S.–Ukraine/Russia relationship to endure, if only because President Trump has already occupied most of the possible positions on the matter and so I suspect he’ll come to occupy different ones in the future — or to occupy old ones once more.

But I do wonder if Trump’s latest lurch toward Russia is importantly different from the previous several. Not because Trump has changed, but because the political and strategic circumstances surrounding him have.