Bullish assessments by US officials are driving President Donald Trump’s latest effort to end the war in Ukraine toward a familiar and inevitable acid test.
Will Russia agree to any deal that Ukraine and its European partners modify to secure their sovereignty and security?
Trump is pining for an agreement — both because he lives for deals and because he’s trying to bill himself as a global peacemaker as he builds a legacy. He has shown he’s not too worried about whether any final pact ends up rewarding the aggressor, Russia, or whether it will leave NATO’s European states fearing further expansionism by the Kremlin.
After a day of hopeful rhetoric from Washington, Trump seemed to confirm the fears of his critics when he appeared to signal Russia would not be required to give much ground in talks to end a war it started with an illegal invasion.
“Well, they’re making concessions. Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don’t take any more land again,” Trump told reporters Tuesday evening.
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