He is, after all, a leader who has repeatedly delivered warm words to Mr Trump while at the same as time delivering missiles and drones to Ukraine (as Melania Trump has pointed out to her husband in the past). Was he really now throwing his weight behind Ukraine and a leader he once humiliated in the Oval Office? “We will continue to supply weapons to Nato for Nato to do what they want with them. Rather than pledging fresh support to Ukraine or loading up action on Russia, Mr Trump appears to be handing things over to Europe and Nato. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAfter staking so much of his own reputation to bring Putin to Alaska for talks and putting himself at the heart of negotiations, Mr Trump has learned a difficult lesson: ending a war is hard.