After the verbal assault on Volodymyr Zelensky by Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, Ukraine was facing catastrophe.
The obvious risk was that Trump would work with Vladimir Putin to force an isolated Ukraine to accept a de facto Russian victory. That risk still remains. But some highly adept diplomacy by Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer – working closely with France’s Emmanuel Macron – has staved off the worst for now.
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Financial Times
Gideon Rachman is chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation.
