A Trump-Putin pact is emerging – and Europe is its target

News Snapshot:

A prime time current affairs programme; a discussion about Donald Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine. “He’s doing excellent things,” says a firebrand politician on the panel, before listing White House actions that have belittled Volodymyr Zelenskyy and weakened his battlefield position – military aid suspended; satellite communications obstructed; intelligence withheld. “Do we support this?” It is a rhetorical question. “We support it all. Absolutely,” the celebrity host responds. “We are thrilled by everything Trump is doing.” Such approval might not be out of place on polemical rightwing channels in the US, but these exchanges weren’t broadcast to American...