Jefferson Morley Barack Obama talks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine. Photograph Source: White House – Public Domain In the summer of 2016 President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn’t agree about much, except for one obscure issue of U.S. foreign policy: lethal military aid to Ukraine. As commander in chief, Obama objected to such assistance, even in the face of a Russian proxy war. So did candidate Trump. On the eve of Trump’s nomination, his allies replaced the GOP platform’s demand for…
