Ukraine Proxy-War: Trump Picks Up Where Biden Left Off

“Despite promises to end foreign entanglements, the Trump administration has intensified the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine as part of a broader strategy to preserve American global dominance and confront rising multipolar powers.”

References:

CNN – Trump announces novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine and gives Russia new deadline to make peace (Jul. 14, 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/14/po…

New York Times – U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/wo…

RAND Corporation – Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand…

Marathon Initiative – Strategic Sequencing, Revisited (Oct. 2024):
https://themarathoninitiative.org/wp-…

America First Policy Institute – America First Agenda:
https://agenda.americafirstpolicy.com/

Heritage Foundation – Project 2025 (full document, 2023):
https://static.heritage.org/project20…

US DoD – Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches…

Axios – Trump to announce “aggressive” Ukraine weapons plan (Jul. 13, 2025):
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/trum…

TWZ – JASSM Stealth Cruise Missiles Now On The Table For Ukraine: Report (Aug 2024):
https://www.twz.com/air/jassm-stealth…

Reuters – US close to agreeing on long-range missiles for Ukraine; delivery to take months (Sep. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-clos…

Washington Post – In squeezing Putin, Trump ‘escalates to de-escalate’ (Jul. 15, 2025):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio…

Newsweek – JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim…

Newsweek – JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-flo…

Politico – Trump’s Plan for NATO Is Emerging (Jul. 2, 2024):
https://www.politico.com/news/magazin…

NYT – The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/wo…

NYT – The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2…

The Hill – Rubio says Ukraine conflict is part of US-Russia proxy war (Mar. 2025):
https://thehill.com/homenews/5179806-…