‘You go first’: Trump’s Ukraine shift raises pressure on Europe to end war

As Ukraine and its allies absorbed the surprise from US President Donald Trump’s newly upbeat view of Kyiv’s prospects in its war against Russia’s invasion, there were signs of a familiar move by the US president – upping the pressure not on Russia but on Europe.
Trump’s social media post on Tuesday reversed his past claims that Ukraine had “no cards to play” in the fight. But he did not offer any new US steps to support Kyiv, leaving that up to allies in Europe. The post made no mention of new…