Why is Trump suddenly saying Ukraine can win the war?

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  If you were listening to yesterday's episode of The Global Story, you'll have heard this moment.

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  When did he say that?

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  Hold on, when did he say that?

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  Asthma, my co-host, had called me from the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

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  Where is this?

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  Hold on.

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  When Sam, one of our producers,

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  spotted a post from Donald Trump on TruthSocial, his social media platform.

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  Trump has said that.

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  I think Ukraine, with the support of the EU,

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  is in a position to fight and win all of Ukraine back in its original form.

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  Trump was saying that Ukraine could fully win the war, win back all its territory.

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  I don't know that I've ever heard him say that before.

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  That's a bit of a 180, isn't it?

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  Huge if true.

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  I mean, he wrote it on his own social media account.

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  This feels like a major shift from where he was before.

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  It's the kind of post that likely got military and diplomatic and economic analysts from governments all around the world in a spin,

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  trying to figure out what's changed.

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  From the BBC, I'm Tristan Redman.

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