United States: President Donald Trump, long vocal about his resolve to broker peace in Ukraine within a single day, now finds his vision tangled in geopolitical thorns, over four months into his second term. The battlefield remains unforgiving, and the diplomatic stage is no less tumultuous.
This Monday, Moscow floated yet another overture for peace parleys in Istanbul, but with both Russia and Ukraine steadfast in their clashing claims over land and sovereignty, the prospects of fruitful negotiation remain distant and dim.
President Trump, visibly irked by the stalemate, has hinted at the possibility of disengaging entirely. His growing impatience is evident in his blunt remark: if neither Zelenskyy nor Putin budge, he might "just back away" and let the chaos fester.
Seth Jones, helming the Defense and Security desk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), cautioned that such a retreat would shift the pendulum dramatically toward Moscow’s favor. He warned, too, that Europe lacks the ability to swiftly replicate the US's intelligence and military input.
Conversely, RAND analyst Samuel Charap contended that Trump reducing personal involvement wouldn’t necessarily be catastrophic—unless it meant halting crucial military support to Kyiv. Then, the consequences could become dire.
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