How Trump Dismantled His First-Term Policy on Crimea



After more than three years of war, President Trump proposed a peace plan for Russia and Ukraine in late April that would have the United States recognize Moscow’s 2014 takeover of the Crimean peninsula. Michael D. Shear, a former White House correspondent for The New York Times in London, explains how the proposal, which Ukraine has rejected, is a reversal from Mr. Trump’s first term as president.

  • Michael D. Shear, Nikolay Nikolov and Laura Salaberry

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