For Ukraine, the path forward remains difficult. This meeting did not cost it US support – that was set in motion by Trump’s re-election. Zelenskyy was right not to be bullied into a ceasefire on Russia-dictated terms. Without security guarantees, such an agreement would be disastrous for Ukraine. Trump would claim an easy diplomatic victory, using it as a justification to cut military aid and lift sanctions on Russia. But as Zelenskyy noted, Putin has a history of breaking ceasefires. With sanctions eased, Russia would simply rearm and prepare for another offensive against a weakened Ukraine. By resisting Trump’s pressure, Zelenskyy may still face the same outcome, but at least Ukraine remains unshackled from a one-sided truce.
Yes but
ReplyDelete1) Putin wouldn't attack again until 2029 or so to give Trump his pyrrhic victory and let him claim "You see, I ended the war and they didn't attack again until I was out of office"
2) That also give Europe 4 years to arm itself.
So you are saying to placate Trump and Putin and kick the can down the road and have WWIII in ten years but not now. Chamberlain tried that approach with Hitler. Result was not good!
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