Silence Of ‘Power’ Leaders

At the White House on February 28, United States President Donald Trump’s hegemonic posture, supported by his Vice-President JD Vance, presented an unseemly sight that could prove costly for consolidating the bonding between American allies in Europe and elsewhere across the world. Regarding peace terms covering the three-year-old war in Ukraine, Trump, who claims the right to set a global agenda, sarcastically told Ukraine’s visiting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last fortnight: “You’re in no position to dictate… Don’t ask me, you go back and take land from Russia.”