Everybody needs to be crystal clear that “the deal” in Trump’s mind is Ukrainian surrender. Of course, Putin wants it. But neither Putin nor Trump can compel it or wishcast it.
Maria Popova
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Trump’s strategy continues to be— all the carrots for Moscow, all the sticks for Kyiv. This isn’t diplomacy, this is aiding and abetting Russia’s attempted conquest.
Trump could’ve continued ignoring the Russo-Ukrainian war like he’d been doing for months but instead he decided to remind Americans that he cannot achieve anything, even a 24hr ceasefire. Putin mocks all his proposals. Americans better punish this embarrassingly weak president at the polls.
Important step. Ukraine will be in the EU, not in the Russian empire.
Losing count of how many times Russia has rejected a ceasefire because it hopes to conquer all of Ukraine. Putin is incapable of making peace.