Lesia, again you demonstrate the ability to read Trump where most observers can’t overcome either their personal antipathy or hero worship of the man.
Trump genuinely wants peace, and Russia is known for pressing maximalist demands even if they make a long drawn out bloody war inevitable. Putin is perfectly willing to continue this war “as long as it takes”.
The West needs to face this simple truth and then take a firm position. Muddling along simply gives Putin what he wants, only at a higher cost, he is willing to pay. What will it be? More hand wringing and incrementalism? Probably.
What will Trump decide?… he simply doesn’t know yet.
I just don’t have huge antipathy toward him, despite recognising that he’s a megalomaniac. And I also understand the realities of the war: it’s impossible to demand everything when you’re not in a winning position
Lesia, again you demonstrate the ability to read Trump where most observers can’t overcome either their personal antipathy or hero worship of the man.
Trump genuinely wants peace, and Russia is known for pressing maximalist demands even if they make a long drawn out bloody war inevitable. Putin is perfectly willing to continue this war “as long as it takes”.
The West needs to face this simple truth and then take a firm position. Muddling along simply gives Putin what he wants, only at a higher cost, he is willing to pay. What will it be? More hand wringing and incrementalism? Probably.
What will Trump decide?… he simply doesn’t know yet.
I just don’t have huge antipathy toward him, despite recognising that he’s a megalomaniac. And I also understand the realities of the war: it’s impossible to demand everything when you’re not in a winning position
what was ok for kosovo without referendum shall be ok for crimea with two of them...