The cards are stacked against Ukraine — and against Europe

Ukraine's best hope now is that Trump's poor attention span kicks in, and he simply forgets about it

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the meeting with US president Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. Picture: AP /Alex Brandon

The most revealing moment in US president Donald Trump’s White House meeting with European leaders came during a ‘hot mic’ moment when Trump was overheard discussing his relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin. 

“I think he [Putin] wants to make a deal for me, you understand that? As crazy as it sounds,” he whispered to French president Emmanuel Macron.