When does the unexpected become so regular it is expected?
The head-spinning twists emerge so frequently in US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy they have become mundane.
On Tuesday, Trump suggested Ukraine could reclaim all occupied land because of NATO arms supplies, their will to fight and Russia’s economic frailty. All this from a man who once said Ukraine should cede land to its invader and rolled out the red carpet for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
This would all be easy to tune out, were they not coming from the most important voice – in the West at least – when it comes to the largest European war since the 1940s.
What does Tuesday night’s 180-degree turn mean, even with the caveat that the world’s most powerful man may spin onwards to perform a full 360, and end up back where he was on Monday – lacking any traction in a peace process he instigated, but failing to punish the Kremlin for its behaviour.
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