Welcome to the world in 10 in an increasingly uncertain world.
This is the Times daily podcast dedicated to global security.
I'm Toby Gillis, joined by Alex Dibble.
Yes, another snap announcement by Donald Trump has left Ukraine and its European allies reeling.
This time the suspension of US Military aid.
It leaves more questions than answers about the immediate future of the war
and further further about whether the United States can be trusted by those allies at all.
Our guest today is Major General Sir Richard Sheriff,
someone who was able to take
that trust as red during a decades long career in the military
in which he became NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
Sir Richard, give us your immediate thoughts on Trump's move, please.
Can Ukraine so much as hold the line without his support, let alone make any progress?
Well, first,
I'd say that there really hasn't been a surprise in the announcement that we woke up to this morning
because it's all of a piece with the events of the last 10 days,
really, since Trump announced that he'd had a 90 minute phone call with Putin.
And what it highlights is the extent to which Trump is now very firmly in Putin's camp,
that America cannot be relied upon or trusted as an ally and that the world order
that we've had maintaining peace and stability