Trump and Ukraine: Negotiations or just a geopolitical game?

In the middle of the growing tensions in the Ukraine conflict, the latest statements by US President Donald Trump and a comment by Yale historian Timothy Snyder raise questions about the seriousness of the current peace talks. Snyder emphasizes in a passionate comment in the German weekly newspaper The Friday that Trump either does not understand power policy or simply does not want peace. Basic questions are raised: "Russia wages war against Ukraine, but it is not even invited to the discussion table," says Snyder, which makes the intentions behind Trump's peace efforts appear in an ominous light.

In addition, it is pointed out that Trump not only negotiates with Russia, but also holds a meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House on Friday. During this meeting, an agreement on mineral rights is to be signed, which at the same time ends with the ongoing attempts by the new US government to end the Ukraine War, as the New York Times . These negotiations are made even more complicated by Trump's defamatory remarks about Zelensky, which he tries to put back into perspective.

questionable diplomacy and sovereignty of Ukraine

Snyder urgently warns of the possible consequences that could result from an agreement between the USA and Russia without Ukraine. "Those who do not sit at the table are on the menu," said their grim statement. It grows in it that both nations could force Ukraine to make decisions without being maintained sovereignty. Regardless of this, Trump publicly shows affection for Putin and asks whether he is actually interested in peace while he has defamed Zelensky as a dictator.

These developments throw a shadow on the credibility of the US peace talks and seem more like geopolitical chess trains that do not do justice to the true needs of Ukraine. In view of the past, in which such agreements have often been concluded at the expense of sovereign states, Snyder demands that they do not underestimate the role of Ukraine in these negotiations and to pay attention to the rotation of the truth that is propagated on both sides.