The new US administration has revealed a stunning reversal of US policy on the war in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart of misleading the US into spending billions of dollars on a war that could not be won.
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He also blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for starting the war, despite the fact Russia invaded.
So is all this about what’s best for Ukraine?
Or is it more of a personal vendetta, dating back to Trump’s first term in office?
Presenter: James Bays
Guests:
David Cay Johnston – Professor of law, journalism and public policy at Rochester Institute of Technology
Inna Borzylo – Co-founder and researcher at a German-Ukrainian think tank
Philip Short – Journalist and author of the Vladimir Putin biography, Putin