Bottom line: Trump is asking Zelensky to make massive national-security concessions while abandoning hopes of a more realistic treaty and concrete security that might make such concessions strategically tenable — and allow him to try and sell the Ukrainian people on the bargain.
Trump can’t simply blame the war on Joe Biden and wash his hands of responsibility for what happens on his watch.
This is something I've said since the beginning. There is no clean way to end this war.
ReplyDeleteUkraine cannot be destroyed. That would open the gates to Russia pushing its way back into the Baltics and maybe even Poland, possibly triggering WW3.
Russia cannot be pushed out of Ukraine. Doing so would require NATO to get directly involved which would trigger WW3.
So there has to be a dirty compromise and hope for eventual regime change in Russia.
Beijing is rejoicing at Trump’s Ukraine surrender
ReplyDeleteThe US President’s awful negotiating tactics have immeasurably weakened America’s global position
China's President Xi Jinping (R) shaking hands with US President Donald Trump
Lisa Haseldine
24 April 2025
“He can have peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country.” Venting his anger with Volodymyr Zelensky on his platform Truth Social on Wednesday night, Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from his attempt to broker a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/24/beijing-rejoicing-at-trumps-ukraine-surrender-putin-russia/