Trump’s not all wrong, sometimes news is fake

Western leaders have repeated the concept of Russian expansionism so often that it has now simply become an unquestioned fact. A closer look at Ukraine reveals something different.

Columnist Scott Taylor is questioning Western military aid to the government of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, pictured in Ottawa in 2014, given his low public approval rating. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

January 17, 2018

OTTAWA—Whenever United States President Donald Trump hears facts and figures that he does not agree with, he simply dismisses them with his catch-all phrase “fake news.” This, of course, only serves to delight both the mainstream media and late-night talk-show hosts who have made a virtual ind...

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