Trump Gets a Taste of Putin’s Tactics

Vladimir Putin Donald Trump is not going to make this easier.

For weeks, Trump has been boasting about his close ties with his Russian counterpart and has announced that Putin wants to end a sharp end of the war he started more than three years ago. Trump’s national security team proposes a 30 -day ceasefire in hopes of convincing Moscow with Ukraine. And his press secretary announced yesterday that Ukraine and Russia were on the “10th Yard Line of Peace”.

But when the two men spoke today, Putin had his own thoughts.

Putin agreed during a call for more than two hours to stop the strikes on Ukraine Energy Infrastructure, and promised to continue the talks. But this limited deal has been less than the White House forecast prediction in recent times, and now it is facing a confrontation with Trump. HE HE to preserve the peace he promised, he will probably have to engage in something that has yet to be done: get hard with Putin.

Trump, with a prediction, dressed in his call with Putin, posted on social media that the conversation was “very good and fruitful.”

The peace process is “now in full force and influence, and we hope that for the sake of humanity, will work!” He wrote.

In fact, Putin presented it with no privileges, and according to its purpose, according to the Kremlin Red Out of this call, the purpose is maximum: preventing Ukraine’s restoration and sovereignty. Putin said that to accept Trump’s full ceasefire proposal, Ukraine will have to stop restoring its troops and sending new troops to the next lines, and all foreign governments, including the United States and Kiev’s European allies, will have to leave Ukraine to send military aid or intelligence.

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Together, these demands will severely undermine Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, and Trump did not agree with them in the call. Ukrainian President Wolodmeir Zelannsky, speaking to reporters in Ukraine after the Trump Patin call, expressed “doubts” about Putin’s motivations and made it clear that no lasting agreement could be signed without his nation’s involvement. Nevertheless, he added, “If there is a partial ceasefire, this is a positive result,” and he indicated that Ukraine would accept a limited deal, though it would give Russia a chance to create a riot in the cities and towns of its country.

If the energy infrastructure strikes are really stopped, it will be the most important agreement with the suspension of attacks in the war. A White House senior auxiliary thought that as a major achievement to me, the first step towards a wider peace (Trump had long ago abandoned his campaign to end the war in 24 hours). But Trump’s national security team will now need to be discussed during the process, and acknowledged, who requested not to disclose his name to discuss internal talks, acknowledged that these difficult decisions were ahead. Will Trump allow the United States to put pressure on Moscow – imposing strict sanctions on Russia or increasing aid to Ukraine will force Putin to soften his demands? Or will Trump delay once again to isolate Putin and Kiev?

Partial ceasefire has benefits from both sides. Ukraine has been struggling for years with Russian attacks on its energy grid, which sometimes puts cities in darkness and cold. But it was also in the interest of Putin to agree with the deal.

A former US intelligence official, a former Trump, told me that he demanded the end of these strikes – and that he had the willingness to abandon the capabilities of his own army.

Although Putin was ready to defeat, he telephoned his intention to continue the war or at least, only on the terms that he could order. According to the Kremlin Red Out of this call, Putin emphasized the “absolute need to eliminate the root causes of the crisis”, which in Moscow believes, Ukraine is searching for security guarantees from the West, such as enrolling in NATO or European Union. Putin also advised Kiev to turn away from future talks, and left it completely between Washington and Moscow. And their demand for the complete elimination of all foreign military assistance for Ukraine is just a non -starter: Although Trump and Vice President JD Venus have previously threatened to shut down US support for Ukraine’s European partners QI, their promises have increased in recent weeks.

“It is clear that Russia is obstructing peace in Europe,” Democratic Senator Chris Cons told me in a statement. “I am happy to stop on the infrastructure strikes, but like Putin’s many ‘requests’, such as weapons or intent sharing are banned – then make it clear what it is after: a nebrid Ukraine who cannot defend itself.”

Note: Neither the White House nor the Kremlin’s call has described any debate between the two leaders about Russia’s destiny that Russia has occupied from Ukraine. Russia has claimed about 20 % of Ukraine’s land, which began in 2014 with illegal unity of Crimea. Today, an air -backed siren began around Ukraine. Nevertheless, this call yielded some positives to Ukraine, which will at least continue to receive US aid as it tries to work on backup projects with Europe if Trump finally eliminated Kiev.

Former Intelligence Officer, Polymeropolos, told me, “In fact, it is a Russian playbook that uses a dialogue as a device for armed conflict.” “But in the grand scheme of things, it’s the least worse that the United States did not sell Ukraine under the river.”

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Many of the national security community are counting on Trump to suddenly integrate himself with Kiev. For weeks, he and his administration have accepted Moscow’s theory of war in Ukraine. Trump has ruled that Zilnsky has a “dictator”, repeating Putin’s lie that Ukraine launched a dispute, announcing that Ukraine has no “card” in negotiations, and has already refused Kiev’s high desire – that it has been allowed to enter NATO as a Russian unity. Earlier this month, US intelligence sharing and Ukraine were allowed to benefit Moscow from the shipment of military equipment, especially in the Russian mainland, which was potentially the strongest bargaining of Ukraine in the upcoming negotiations. And, of course,, in the first term of Trump, the United States sometimes imposed strict sanctions against Moscow, only for the president’s Putin, he was harassed by warm words, including his notorious 2018 Helsinki Summit.

So far, Trump has done nothing to suggest that he is cooling down on Putin. When Zelinsky did not give everything to Trump at his Oval Office meeting last month, the US president defeated his Ukrainian counterpart, and Trump’s allies demanded new elections in Kiev. When Putin did not give Trump everything he desired today, the Russian leader still received a friendly truthful social post from Trump, promising further negotiations, and possibly Some hockey games Feature of the best players in every country.

But there were signs that Trump was not happy with how Putin played his hand. Trump has rarely lost opportunities to talk with reporters during the first eight weeks of his presidency. Just yesterday, he raised questions several times, including when predicting that Putin wanted peace, and he was often proud of the press by signing executive orders.

Another such sign was made for the Oval Office this afternoon. But the reporters were not invited to see, and they lost the opportunity to ask questions about the Putin call. Trump remained behind closed doors.