Donald Trump’s new approach to the Ukraine question does not come as a complete surprise.
It wouldn’t have cost Trump anything to show a clear intent to deter in a strategically crucial moment; it wouldn’t even have undermined his efforts in Ukraine.
But the vacuum created by Trump’s often erratic foreign policy doesn’t have to be left for Russia or China to fill.
Washington is ... trying to blame the Europeans for the president’s failure to broker peace.
Trump is not just blinking again; he is continuing his disastrous Ukraine policy.
Trump may hurt globalization, but he will not end it.