Last February, Donald Trump and his heir apparent JD Vance launched a televised frontal attack on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the White House, telling him that Ukraine had “no cards”. Zelenskiy should let Russia keep the conquered territories (about 20 per cent of Ukraine) in return for peace.
Just last month, on his way to a ‘summit meeting’ in Alaska with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Trump was still saying
