Trump’s pro-Kyiv pivot raises stakes: Will EU release €200bn in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine?

Bart M. J. Szewczyk, Author, nonresident Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and adjunct professor at Sciences Po, joins Genie Godula to break down Donald Trump’s latest rhetorical pivot on Russia. The US president’s recent remarks, suggesting Ukraine could “win back all of its territory”, mark a significant departure from his administration’s previously ambivalent and sympathetic stance toward Moscow. While Mr. Szewczyk cautions against taking Trump’s pronouncements at face value, he acknowledges “it is a big diplomatic shift and time will tell whether it translates into additional economic pressure against Russia and greater military support to Ukraine.”