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Jennifer Hewett

Trump marches on regardless of US allies

The frantic manoeuvring over Ukraine is one more aspect of the US president’s security, economic and political revolution being imposed on a deeply worried world. What happens next?

Europe’s public embrace of Volodymyr Zelensky to counter the White House’s furious denunciation of him can’t camouflage the extreme vulnerability of Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Donald Trump’s predatory instincts.

Trump’s typical self-belief that he holds the cards will be quite undeterred by the shocked global reaction to his angry verbal assault on Ukraine’s president and supposed US ally.

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Jennifer Hewett is the national affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com

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