President Donald Trump rightly seeks a negotiated peace that ends Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump can secure this peace if he compels Russia to accept a European peacekeeping deployment that would preserve long-term peace. Trump is also right to demand greater support for European security from European nations.
But how does it help “Make America Great Again” by joining a who’s who of corrupt military juntas and dictatorships in order to excuse a brutal invasion of a sovereign democratic nation? That’s exactly what Trump did by directing his United Nations diplomats to vote on Monday against a U.N. resolution condemning Russia for its Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. How does this assert America’s keystone virtue and its status as history’s greatest force for human freedom?
