The British newspaper "Guardian" commented on the most recent change in the position of US President Donald Trump regarding the conflict in Ukraine, BTA reported.
The change in Trump's position should be welcomed, but does not inspire much trust, the British publication wrote in an editorial.
After his policy of appeasement has failed and exhausted itself, the American president may finally be ready to put pressure on Moscow, the daily notes.
The judgment of a man who cannot distinguish the aggressor from the victim when talking about the Russian-Ukrainian war does not deserve respect. Unfortunately, when this man is the US president, his opinion cannot be ignored, the newspaper writes. "Guardian".
Earlier this year, Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin held "all the cards" and urged Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to a peace that looked like surrender. This week, Trump said Kiev could achieve a complete victory by liberating all of its territories currently under Russian occupation.
Trump made the comments after going through what he said was a process of "getting to know the military and economic situation of Ukraine and Russia and fully understanding them". Trump suggested continuing to supply US weapons to NATO "so they can do with them whatever they want". When asked about Russian incursions into the airspace of alliance members, the president said that the offending planes could be shot down. He later said that this advice was only for situations where "they attack".
Given Trump's penchant for hyperbole, contradictory statements and nonsense, it is difficult to assess the significance of his sudden enthusiasm for the liberation of Ukraine and his belligerent statements regarding Russian military provocations, notes "The Guardian".
The British publication characterizes Trump's constant changes in position regarding the conflict in Ukraine as chronic unreliability. This unreliability, the daily writes, makes us doubt the good intentions of the White House. Since the defense of democracy from authoritarian attack and the strategic investment in the security of the US's historical allies, unfortunately, do not sound like a convincing explanation.
From this point of view, the more likely reason is the fact that Trump continues to want to earn the glory of a great peacemaker, combined with the belated a realization that Putin will not end a war he still believes he can win. Having tried to force Ukraine to surrender, Trump may now be trying something more like containment - raising the cost of the war for the Kremlin to see if that will push things towards a ceasefire.
If so, it is certainly a better plan than appeasement, which only encouraged further aggression, concludes the Guardian.