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ANALYSIS | Trump's Ukraine pivot: Backing away, or backing a winner? | CBC News

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    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -31% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "President Trump has stated that Ukraine could, with the support of the European Union, regain all of its territory.
56% : Zelenskyy, in his speech to the United Nations, said his country is willing to share its drone know-how in partnerships with Western nations.
54% : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went so far as to say Trump was "well informed" and that he clearly understands the situation on the battlefield.
50% : However, Zelenskyy, prior to his appearance at the UN, said Ukraine has put forward a draft agreement for discussion.
49% : Schmidt said he doesn't subscribe to the notion that Trump is being motivated by the economic or military benefits of closer co-operation with Ukraine.
44% : In his social media declaration on Tuesday, Trump said he now believes Ukraine could probably take back all of its territory conquered by Russia with Europe's help.
37% : The remarks are light years away from the tense confrontation in the Oval Office last winter that saw Trump declare Ukraine didn't have any "cards" and needed to make territorial concessions.
36% : Trump had famously boasted he could end the war in 24 hours and went on this summer to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in a made-for-TV summit in Alaska.
33% : " Trump provided no rationale for the change in direction.
31% : Others say it actually signals Washington is deliberately taking a step back from the long-running war and the peace process that Trump started.
26% : "I think Trump is driven by a desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize and by extreme embarrassment at failure ...

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