Adam Zivo: Putin outplays Trump again with phoney peace talks

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1. Submission statement: U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this week that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire talks after he had an “excellent” two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, it is clear that Putin has no genuine interest in peace and is using these Potemkin negotiations to stall for time and undermine European-led sanctions. This is clear from: i) his continued demands that the “root causes” of the war be addressed (aka: imposing a “de-militarized” pro-Moscow regime in Kyiv); and ii) his strong ideological, political, and economic reasons for continuing the war (i.e. risk of recession if wartime stimulus spending ends; political instability arising from demobilization of 100,000’s of troops).

   *[NOTE: I am also the author of this article. For context, the National Post is one of Canada’s largest newspapers, and I’m one of their political columnists* and their resident Ukraine expert*. My name is in the post title because Canadian newspapers generally require that opinion pieces include author names in their headlines, and I’m obligated to use the exact headline as the submission title.]*

2. Trump can only offer trade and Russia want security.

   Ukraine and Zelensky only want ww3 because their only other option is defeat.

3. Trump said he could solve the Ukraine/Russia war in one day. Forgetting that Putin solved Trump years ago. 🙂

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