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I’m with President Trump: “There’s no deal till there’s a deal.”
And now that he has modified his stance and is overtly siding with Vladimir Putin, regardless of vehement objections from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who visited the White Home yesterday, a deal appears slightly elusive.
Putin’s curiosity in peace is underscored by his continued bombardment of Ukraine, the nation he illegally invaded, with the newest spherical killing 10 folks. Which is to say the Kremlin dictator has no conceivable curiosity in peace, besides on his maximalist phrases.
Look, I’m rooting for Trump. If he can in some way sq. the circle of this brutal and bloody conflict, and convey issues to an finish, he’ll deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. And Hillary stated she’d nominate him.
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However the unfavourable opinions of the Alaska sitdown has rankled Trump and prompted him to lash out at Pretend Information on Fact Social:
“If we had the Summit elsewhere, the Democrat run and managed media would have stated what a horrible factor THAT was. These persons are sick!”
Okay, he doesn’t just like the press. Besides we now know, because of his in-flight feedback to Fox’s Bret Baier, that he enjoys the sparring, likening it to a golf recreation. The reporters are all making an attempt to get him to make a mistake. If he makes no breaking information, he wins. If he does say one thing that’s breaking information, he didn’t put the ball within the gap they usually’ve bought him.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Fox Information chief political anchor Bret Baier in a hospital in Kharkiv after visiting wounded troopers and awarding them medals for his or her service. (Particular Report with Bret Baier)
I watched Sunday morning as Zelenskyy and high European officers stated solely Russia can finish the conflict and that Ukraine wouldn’t be surrendering the Donbas area, dwelling to greater than 200,000 folks.
As Gen. Wesley Clark informed me on “Media Buzz,” when you get previous the Donbas area, it’s a “straight shot” to Kyiv, so the courageous Ukrainians, who’ve held off the far larger Russian conflict machine, could be defenseless.
It’s mildly encouraging that media stories say Putin has accepted the necessity for safety forces to guard Ukraine, which means the Europeans – and the U.S. – would ship troops for a peacekeeping unit.
When particular envoy Steve Witkoff, who was within the room through the Putin session, was requested about Trump’s change of place, I believed he’d deny it, however he didn’t. That confirms the tales are true, and definitely complicates issues.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated over the weekend that Trump “stated himself {that a} ceasefire was his absolute most vital and highest precedence. So, it was a joint demand, which isn’t taking place now. We’d have certainly hoped for a cease-fire first. The Russian facet was clearly unwilling to do this.”
So what precisely is Putin giving up? Nothing, so far as I can see. Day-after-day with out a cease-fire is one other day that the indicted conflict legal will get to cement his battlefield beneficial properties.
And, underneath these circumstances, Trump expects Ukraine’s president to affix in a trilateral assembly with him and Putin?
Responding to Fox’s Peter Doocy, Trump stated: “I believe if every thing works out properly immediately, we’ll have a trilat and I believe there shall be an affordable likelihood of ending the conflict once we do this.”
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni amid negotiations to finish the Russian conflict in Ukraine, on the White Home in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Alexander Drago)
Zelenskyy, who repeatedly praised Trump–he wasn’t going to make the identical mistake twice after getting kicked out of the White Home following his meltdown again in February–reminded reporters that “we reside underneath, every day, assaults. You already know, that immediately have been a variety of assaults and a variety of wounded folks. And the kid was useless, small one, one yr and half.
“So we have to cease this conflict, to cease Russia. And we have to help American and European companions that can do our greatest, for this. So, and I believe we present that we’re robust folks and we supported the concept of the united system of personnel, President Trump to cease this conflict, to make a diplomatic manner of ending this conflict. And we’re prepared for trilateral as presidents.”
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Now that shocked me. He’s prepared to take a seat down with Putin and Trump after insisting on a cease-fire first – which was additionally the president’s place till he flipped and deserted it after the sitdown with the indicted conflict legal?
So what was the temper afterward?
“I am optimistic that collectively we will attain an settlement that will deter any future aggression in opposition to Ukraine,” Trump stated. He added, “I’ve a sense you and President Putin are going to work one thing out.”
President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, NATO Secretary Basic Mark Rutte and European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen pose for a household photograph amid negotiations to finish the Russian conflict in Ukraine, on the White Home in Washington, Aug. 18, 2025. (Alexander Drago/Reuters)
Zelenskyy “praised the constructive particular assembly,” including: “There’s lots of people in jail. So we’d like them again and ensures which can work for the years. We spoke about it and I confirmed president a variety of particulars on the battlefield, on the map.”
However will Putin, who views Zelenskyy as an illegitimate chief, attend?
All of the chatter concerning the pink carpet and different atmospherics is meaningless. Sure, Zelenskyy wore a go well with, albeit a military-style one.
We must always all be rooting for Trump. Even when he falls brief, and the conflict drags on, it will probably solely finish with a negotiated settlement.
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At one level, Trump broke away from the session and known as Putin, slightly than ready until afterwards.
Trump posted that this was “an excellent early step,” and early often is the operative phrase. The conflict may definitely drag on. However it will probably’t finish on the battlefield. We wouldn’t have gotten this far with out Trump’s distinctive desire for leader-to-leader talks, though he’s now overtly siding with Vladimir Putin. Typically that produces outcomes and typically it doesn’t, as with Kim Jong-un. But it surely’s given him – and us – a shot.
