Trump offers Putin a peaceful way out of the war against Ukraine: make a deal or it will be worse
22 January 22:45
US President Donald Trump has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to conclude an agreement to end the war against Ukraine, otherwise Russia will face high taxes and new US sanctions. Trump wrote about this on his Truth Social page, Komersant ukrainskyi reports
Trump said he loves the Russian people and does not want to harm Russia.
“I do not want to harm Russia. I love the Russian people and have always had a very good relationship with President Putin – despite the radical left’s ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ falsifications,” Trump wrote.
He also emphasized that it was Russia that helped win World War II, “losing almost 60 million lives.”
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It should be noted that 61 countries took part in World War II. According to various sources, the total loss of military and civilian lives during the war ranged from 50 to 75 million people. Of these, approximately 8 to 10 million were Ukrainians. This is almost a quarter of the entire population of Ukraine at the time.
“With this in mind, I would be doing Russia, whose economy is in decline, and President Putin a very big favor. Calm down now and stop this senseless war! It will only get worse if we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon I will have no choice but to impose high taxes, tariffs, and sanctions on everything sold from Russia to the United States and other participating countries,” the 47th President of the United States said.
He reiterated that this war would never have started if he had been president.
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way, and the easy way is always better. It’s time to ‘make a deal’. No more lives should be lost!!!” Trump emphasized.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. Sometimes he suggested that it could happen even before that. In any case, this deadline has already passed.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The idea was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war, taking into account the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, stipulates that Russia retains the territories it temporarily occupies and that Ukraine does not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. The president-elect’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak for Trump.
Currently, the future US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days in which he wants to reach some kind of agreement.