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Memo to Trump: Don’t go wobbly on Ukraine at the NATO summit

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As President Donald Trump prepares to take center stage at the NATO summit in Ankara, he must place the robust defense of Ukraine at the absolute top of the agenda.

Whatever he does — whatever his current irritations — he must not look to throw Kyiv under the bus.

Rather, with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin still baring his gritted teeth, Trump must communicate to his counterparts in the great North Atlantic security alliance the necessity of holding the line, ramping up pressure on Moscow and bolstering its defensive posture on the eastern frontier.

Russian aggression is Europe’s generational security challenge (and down the road, potentially America’s, too); it demands to be top-of-mind for every leader in the alliance.

Anything less would signal weakness to Putin and embolden adversaries from........

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