Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider
“Twice in one key week, Zelensky hesitated to commit to negotiating a quick end to the war and expressed skepticism about negotiating with Putin at all. The American response, as foretold, was to pause aid to Ukraine. Hours after Zelensky’s second comment, on March 3, Trump ‘directed a ‘pause’ to U.S. assistance to Ukraine.’ Citing Zelensky’s second comment, Trump posted, ‘This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!’ The pinching of the feeding tube to the Ukrainian armed forces was a pause, not a freeze. Military aid to Ukraine could start to flow again as soon as Trump ‘determined that Ukraine had demonstrated a good-faith commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.'” (03/10/25)