Bangladesh, May 20 -- In a striking departure from recent US foreign policy doctrine, President Donald Trump on May 19 condemned Americas extensive role in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, asserting that the war should have “remained a European situation” and criticizing President Joe Biden for involving the United States so deeply. Speaking to reporters at the White House following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump framed the conflict as a burden unfairly shifted onto American shoulders by the previous administration.

“This is not our war. This is not my war,” Trump said during the briefing. “We got ourselves entangled in something that we shouldnt have been involved in. And we would ha...