Trump is going to persuade Ukraine and Russia to negotiate. And to do this, he will blackmail both
15 February 11:58
Donald Trump, if elected President of the United States, plans to stop the war in Ukraine through negotiations between the warring parties. Bloomberg writes about this, citing its own sources in the politician’s environment, reports
Trump’s entourage is allegedly discussing the idea of bringing Zelensky and Putin to the negotiating table. To do this, Trump plans to put pressure on both leaders. Ukraine will be intimidated by the termination of aid, while Russia, on the contrary, will be intimidated by the fact that Ukraine will be given a lot of weapons and money.
“One of Trump’s advisers said that a promise to cut off US military aid could help Ukraine come to the negotiating table, while the threat of increased US aid could encourage Russia to do so. The advisers, including Larry Kudlow and Robert O’Brien, have also publicly pushed for tougher sanctions against Russia’s Central Bank to sway Putin,”
– the newspaper writes.
Currently, no negotiations are underway on this issue due to US law, which prohibits individuals from negotiating on behalf of the US government.
Trump also has plans for NATO, and they include the introduction of a so-called two-tier alliance. This means that only those states that properly spend on defence and, accordingly, finance the Alliance, will be eligible for military support from other member states. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg responded to these reports:
“Article 5, the commitment that an attack on one ally will be treated as an attack on all, is the foundation of NATO… Any suggestion that we are not defending all our allies would undermine the security of all of us and put our soldiers and our staff at risk.”
“Festival of security agreements”
Against the backdrop of disappointing news from the US Congress, the “Festival of Security Agreements with Ukraine” is gaining momentum, with Western countries guaranteeing Ukraine security under bilateral agreements such as the Budapest Memorandum. The UK was the first to sign such an agreement with Ukraine. An agreement with Canada may be the next. In addition, Ukraine is negotiating relevant agreements with five other countries: The United States, France, Germany, Poland, and Italy.
In particular, the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, said that two rounds of talks had already taken place between Ukraine and the United States on the content and content of the relevant agreement with the US government. And French President Macron said that he would personally come to Kyiv to finalise the security agreement between Ukraine and France.
Ukraine is desperately trying to gain the support of the world. In particular, the following 5 points of the Ukrainian Formula for Peace were presented at this year’s Davos Economic Forum.