Some Ukrainians – and Ukraine’s supporters in the United States – still harbor hopes that Donald J. Trump is on their side. That America will come to Ukraine’s rescue, saving it from Russian aggression: That Washington, D.C., will give it a hand in preserving its independence and territorial integrity and in becoming free and prosperous – just as America did for Germany after World War II.

Indeed, modern Berlin is a living monument to past American greatness – or should we say a memorial?