How Trump’s Blunder Gave Ukraine the Tools to Defy America—and Defeat Russia
A Strategic Miscalculation When President Donald Trump froze military aid to Ukraine in 2019, most headlines focused on the immediate political fallout—impeachment hearings, diplomatic turmoil, and questions about foreign interference. But something more consequential was set in motion, a quiet geopolitical aftershock that is now redefining the U.S.-Ukraine defense relationship: Trump’s decision undermined American influence…