President Trump’s break from a strategy agreed to with European allies could give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia an edge as talks to end the fighting continue.
President Trump, center right, with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, center left, at a news conference on Friday during their summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
With no strategy of their own for ending the war, the continent’s leaders are anxious that President Trump will force Kyiv to accept terms that favor Russia too much.
From left, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta summit in 1945. The meeting, during which the three leaders redrew the map of Europe, has become a symbol for how superpowers can decide the fates of other nations.
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