Ex-US ambassador to Ukraine says she quit because of Trump ‘appeasement’

Ex-US ambassador to Ukraine says she quit because of Trump ‘appeasement’

Bridget Brink says the policy since the start of the Trump administration was to put pressure on the victim instead of the aggressor, Russia.

Former US ambassador to Kyiv reveals she resigned over Trump’s ‘appeasement’ of Russia — Novaya Gazeta Europe

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, who resigned in April after three years in Kyiv, has revealed that she left her post over US President Donald Trump’s “appeasement” of Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Bridget Brink, former US ambassador to Kyiv, explains the reasons for her resignation. She said that she "resigned from her position because the policy of the administration of US President Donald Trump was to put pressure on the victim, not the aggressor. She also accused him of pursuing a policy of appeasement.

"I respect the right and responsibility of the president to determine US foreign policy - with the appropriate checks and balances of the US Congress," said the professional diplomat, who - as she recalled - served five presidents during her career. "Unfortunately, the Trump administration's policy from the beginning has been to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than the aggressor, Russia," she wrote. Since his return to power in Janua…

President Donald Trump's appeasement of Russia in the Ukraine war was the reason why the former US ambassador to Ukraine resigned from his job, she says.