“President Donald Trump’s furious rhetoric toward Russia is ‘a negotiating tactic’ intended to pressure the Kremlin, a senior White House official said Wednesday, a day after the president stunned global policymakers and delighted Ukrainian leaders by embracing Kyiv’s ambitions for a decisive defeat of Russia,” the Washington Post reports.
Trump’s Reversal on Ukraine Is a ‘Negotiating Tactic’
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