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Shop NowPresident Donald Trump got negotiations to end the Ukraine war off to a rolling start. He reached out to Vladimir Putin with a good faith offer of major concessions. Putin was reportedly visibly pleased to hear what Trump had to say. That doesn’t mean, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth assured a nervous NATO, that it’s a “dirty deal” being struck to end the war “on terms favorable to Moscow without Kyiv’s involvement.”
Ukraine not sidelined
As soon as President Trump hung up after a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call about Ukraine with Vlad Putin, news of what he had to say “sparked fears in Europe.”
NATO is terrified that Trump made some sort of “dirty deal” behind Zelenskyy’s back. That’s not true.
What Trump did concede was a firm declaration that Ukraine would not be made a member of NATO. That’s been a hot-button issue for Putin.
Another thing Trump said to ease the Russian president’s mind is that after the war is over, the United States will stay out of the region.
NATO won’t officially be allowed into Ukraine either, though they can interfere nation-by-nation on their own, if they want. Trump can’t stop that.
The way Brussels sees it, Trump’s call “blindsided European leaders and threatened to leave them with the grunt work of funding and overseeing any settlement.” That’s what they get for weaseling on their dues payments for decades.
Too easy for Europe
Europeans are the ones being pushed aside, not Volodymyr Zelenskyy or Ukraine. They won’t be able to rake anything off the top. “Moscow, of course, is gloating at the relegation of Europe to bystander.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov laughed to reporters that “many in the West, including the leaders of the European Union, were shocked when a simple, normal conversation took place between two polite, educated individuals.”
Trump’s moves were a brilliant way to open negotiations. By assuring Putin that we won’t stake out a military presence on his doorstep, it gives Russia a reason for pulling troops back out of Ukraine.
Otherwise, he would need to keep occupying every inch he grabbed. Zelenskyy and his people just want things to go back to the way they were before they were invaded.
Ukraine hasn’t been iced out of talks involving their own fate, the administration insists. Zelenskyy will be there for all the important meetings and he’ll be kept in the loop.
They’ll end up doing much better in the long run by allowing Trump to handle the negotiations for them. Putin has been looking for an exit strategy to get out of Ukraine. Trump’s holding the door open and saying right this way…
