Earlier this wek, US President Donald Trump reversed himself on one of the key foreign policy issues of his presidency. He abandoned his insistence that Ukraine give up land to strike a peace deal with Russia. Instead, President Trump said that Ukraine, with the support of Europe, was “in a position to fight and WIN all of its territory back in its original form. His turnabout was announced on social media shortly after a meeting in New York with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on the sidelines of the UNGA. This is in stark contrast to what he said a month ago in Alaska. After his three-hour meeting with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, Trump insisted that Zelensky would have to face the harsh reality and make a deal, that Ukraine has no choice but to give up territory to its larger and stronger neighbour. n18oc_world n18oc_crux