Claims: Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset?
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- title: Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset? Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/24/betrayal-by-luke-harding-review-is-donald-trump-a-russian-asset Source
- summary: A Guardian correspondent’s sobering account of the US betrayal of Ukraine – and the possible reasons behind it American presidents have struggled to get the measure of Vladimir Putin. When George W Bush met him in 2001, he reported that he had “looked the man in the eye”, got a “sense of his soul” and found him “trustworthy”. Barack Obama thought Putin was making a mistake with his interventions in Ukraine and Syria, but didn’t do much about it. Joe Biden backed Ukraine’s resistance to the… Source
- published: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:00:56 GMT Source