Poison‑pill diplomacy on Ukraine

Trump’s public shift to cheer a Ukrainian battlefield victory—paired with hints the U.S. won’t backstop Europe—functions as a 'poison pill' that forces Europeans and Kyiv to confront the costs of continued war without America. The gambit aims to scare all sides into more realistic peace terms, not to abandon diplomacy. — If presidential rhetoric is used to coerce allies toward negotiation by threatening withdrawal, media and policymakers must read alliance signals as leverage plays, not simple policy reversals.