Trump's account omits some key facts.
After the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Europe persuaded Ukraine to give up Soviet-era nuclear weapons in exchange for a strong security commitment from Washington, Moscow and London. In 2008, the U.S. convinced NATO to state its willingness eventually to welcome Georgia and Ukraine as members. Later that year, Russia invaded Georgia and the Bush administration and Europe did nothing.
Six years later, after Barack Obama promised Putin he "would be more flexible" after his 2012 reelection, Russia seized Eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Neither the Obama administration nor the first Trump administration did anything to persuade Putin to reverse his illegal land grabs. The U.N. Charter's prohibition against "the threat or use of force" means that war is the responsibility of the aggressor, not the victim as Trump's comments would suggest…
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5082972-trump-greenland-panama-russia-china/
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