US Position on Ukraine: Why Trump and Putin criticized and proved to be a defender of
To estimate the paradoxical "beauty" of Trump rhetoric: Putin criticized, and at the same time proved himself as a defender of Russia. This is all the contradiction of Trump's attitude to Putin. Trump wants to negotiate with Putin rather, and for this it is necessary to complete the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, and the Kremlin chief instead continues this war, and delayed peace talks. And so the US president is terribly annoyed.
That is why do not wait for Trump for "hellish sanctions" for blows in Ukraine. He and Putin wants to negotiate (and almost begs him about it), not punish him. For us and for many people in the world, Putin was crazy in February 2022, when he began a full -scale war against Ukraine. And for Trump, he is crazy only now, because instead of negotiating with the President of the United States, the Russian dictator takes the logical (according to Trump) steps and bombard Ukraine.
God forbid that this dissonance between Trump and Putin may be increasingly. However, Trump should not be attributed to our thoughts and expectations. General Kellogg was a little surprised. In Trump administration he is our only friend. Although even for him, loyalty to Trump is more important than sympathy for Ukraine. But why was Kellogo surprised? He stated that the United States received a list of conditions for the end of the war from Kiev, now they are waiting for this list from Russia.
Further, a straight quote from Kellog: "After that you take both documents and combine them. You make a question. O Sancta simplicitas! Oh holiday simplicity! More precisely, what a simple naivety. Something like this can be expected from Vitcoff, who believed that it is enough to plant Russian and Ukrainians at one negotiating table and they would quickly agree. But General Kellogg is a more experienced and competent person. And even he shows some naive approaches.
Here's how to combine the positions of Russia and Ukraine in determining the status of Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia? Compromise in this matter is impossible even theoretically. The same applies to the Ukrainian desire for NATO membership and a number of other issues, especially when it comes to Russian duties about "demilitarization" and "denacification" of Ukraine. And maybe General Kellogg is a little sly, and the "common option" will be a updated version of his peace plan.