According to journalists, Trump's proposal is to "push" Ukraine to the transfer of Russia to Crimea and Donbass.
Former head of the White House and US presidential candidate Donald Trump said in private conversations that he could end Russia's war in Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to give up certain territory.
The Washington Post writes about this with reference to its own sources.
Foreign policy experts, in turn, said that Trump’s idea would reward dictator Putin and will condone the violent violation of internationally recognized borders by other authoritarian leaders.
Trump's proposal is to push Ukraine to hand over Crimea and Donbass to Russia, according to people who have discussed it with Trump or his advisers and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Eager to return to power, Trump has often boasted that he could negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine within 24 hours if elected, even before taking office. But he has repeatedly refused to publicly specify how he would do it.
Trump, in conversations with his entourage, allegedly stated that both Russia and Ukraine “want to save face, they want a way out of the situation,” and that “people in some parts of Ukraine agreed to be part of Russia.”
Some Trump supporters tried to convince him to abandon this approach.
“I spent 100 percent of my time talking to Trump about Ukraine. He (Putin – Ed.) has to pay a price. He can't win this,” said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.
At the same time, Trump representatives refused to confirm or deny this information.
“Any speculation regarding President Trump's plan comes from unnamed and uninformed sources who have no idea what is happening or what will happen,” said his presidential campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt, who added that Trump is “the only one who talks about stopping the killing.”
“The Trump people believe that one of the great sins of the Ukrainian war and Russian policy in general is to push Russia into China and make it even more dependent on China,” says Jeremy Shapiro, head of the Washington office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. .
Recall that Donald Trump stated that if he wins the election, he will demand that the West compensate the cost of the weapons provided to Ukraine.
According to Trump, Ukraine needed to “give” its territories to Russia.
The New York Times explained why the EU fears Trump's victory.
In response, Vladimir Zelensky recalled that Trump did not end the war in Ukraine when he was president. Zelensky assured that Ukraine would not agree to end the war in exchange for its territories.
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