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Trump’s Attack On Zelensky Stirs Fear Of Major U.S. Shift On Russia (Video)

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traded insults Wednesday, with Zelensky accusing Trump of spouting lies about him and the war with Russia and Trump calling Zelensky a “dictator” who started the war and has been ripping off the United States to pay for it.

Beneath the war of words is rising concern here and in Europe that what has seemed a head-spinning move away from decades of U.S. policy toward Russia, and three years of stalwart support for Ukraine, may lead to the most significant geopolitical realignment since World War II. While Trump was sympathetic toward Russian President Vladimir Putin during his first term, he now appears to be upending generations of U.S. caution toward the Kremlin that has spanned both Republican and Democratic administrations.

Zelensky’s Wednesday pushback seemed to boost his popularity at home. But this week’s escalating exchange led some of the United States’ closest European allies, who have expressed subdued concern over Trump’s move toward Moscow, to go public with remarks ranging from dismay to outrage.

“We do not understand the American logic very well,” French government spokeswoman Sophie Primas said, calling Trump’s comments “diverse, varied and often incomprehensible.” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Trump’s remarks were “wrong and dangerous,” while his foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, called on Trump to “look at the real world instead of just tweeting.”

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