WASHINGTON — At first glance, President Trump’s decision to relax U.S. sanctions on Russia despite its continuing invasion of Ukraine was a dramatic break from principles that guided American foreign policy for most of a century.
Since the end of World War II, U.S.-Russian relations have oscillated between hostility and friendship, but one element was consistent: When Russia tried to take over one if its neighbors, the United States pushed back.
This time, though, the United States appeared to favor the aggressor, not the victim.
“The Trump administration has abandoned any pretense of being an honest broker,” Richard N. Haass, a former senior State Department
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