The appointment of Charles McLaughlin, an alumnus of President Donald Trump's first term, is further evidence that the president is hungry to advance U.S. business interests in Russia and Ukraine - even as the conflict between the two nations continues unabated. It is also an indication that the administration may be trying to rebuild the NSC after a late May purge so thorough that the entire team working directly on the Ukraine war was dismissed, a move that confounded some European diplomats. Notable in his CV is his tenure during the first Trump administration when he served as a senior advisor to the president of the Development Finance Corporation, an institution currently acting as the U.S. partner in the U.S.-Ukraine minerals fund that is being stood up.
Author: Gram Slattery
Published at: 2025-06-16 22:21:00
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