Trump Offers Muted Ukraine Response, Punting the Problem to Europe

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The Trump administration’s expressions of frustration with Russia over its latest conflict with Ukraine did little to mask a conviction that the flare-up in Crimea is largely Europe’s problem to solve.

Ambassador Nikki Haley went to the United Nations Security Council on Monday ... made clear that the U.S. would refrain from further action and would instead play a supporting role to European efforts to ease tensions.

Haley’s muted response reflected President Donald Trump’s inclination to distance himself from a conflict that he’s long blamed on predecessor Barack Obama.

That the U.S. was so slow to condemn the incident suggested that the administration was wrestling with how to best to navigate the president’s ambivalence.

“To me, this reinforces the idea that President Trump thinks ... that Ukraine shouldn’t be an impediment to better U.S.-Russia ties.” said Mark Simakovsky, a non-resident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center in Washington.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-27/trump-s-ukraine-response-muted-as-he-punts-the-problem-to-europe?srnd=politics-vp

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1. Because he's so weak against putin and russia

From being compromised , and like he is with the Saudi's and the other murderer, the prince he can't do anything but support and protect them. trump is as bad protecting these kinds of corrupt , criminals, and murderers that are cruel dictators like trump wants to be so bad here. trump has nothing but excuses and lies to defend these people and himself.