
Washington Post columnist blames Russia's aggression towards Ukraine on Trump
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David Ignatius slammed Trump's soft rhetoric towards Vladimir Putin while praising Biden's "right mix of firmness and diplomacy."
But according to Ignatius, Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions were "encouraged by Trump."
"In this move toward defiance of international norms, Putin has been subtly encouraged by former president Donald Trump, a fellow traveler in recklessness," Ignatius wrote Thursday. "We don’t need any conspiratorial analysis of Trump’s links with Russia to make this case. We just need look at the facts. Trump has been sympathetic to Putin in public statements for nearly a decade. As for Ukraine, Trump was so heedless of its security that he conditioned U.S. military aid on political favors in the famous 2019 phone call that resulted in his first impeachment."