President Trump has made some massive shifts in U.S. coverage on Russia’s struggle with Ukraine recently.
In the midst of two weeks, Trump halted and reinstated weapons to Ukraine and he started brazenly displaying frustration with Russian president Vladimir Putin’s continued army escalations.
Now, Trump has introduced a take care of NATO to attempt to strain Russia towards a ceasefire deal in simply 50 days by threatening stiff tariffs and elevated army support to Ukraine.
President Trump appears to be taking a more durable stance towards Russia, however will it make a distinction, and can it final?
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