Süddeutsche Zeitung Commentary Criticizes Trump's Ukraine Policy as Gift to Putin

A commentary published by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung argues that US President Donald Trump is abandoning Ukraine in order to obscure his war with Iran. The piece characterizes this as a calculated act of self-destruction by a superpower rather than a mere political failure. The commentary is attributed to Timothy Snyder. It appears in the newspaper's culture section (Kultur). The article's central claim is that Trump's decision to leave Ukraine unsupported serves as a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The text frames the abandonment of Ukraine as a deliberate strategic choice connected to the Iran conflict, not an accidental misstep. The commentary was published at the URL https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/trump-putin-krieg-ukraine-iran-timothy-snyder-li.3564012.