With his spongy statements, Trump shows a one-sided Ukraine peace plan

With his spongy statements, Trump shows a one-sided Ukraine peace plan

President Donald Trump's intensive pressure on Ukraine and his consideration for Russian President Vladimir Putin make every idea disappearing that the United States appear as a balanced peace broker. US politics is strongly towards the positions of Russia, although Moscow started the war with its unprovoked invasion. This perspective results from Trump's conviction that Ukraine has "no cards" in this conflict.

Trump's approach and the humanitarian crisis

On Thursday, the President vigorously rejected that he had a personal connection to this conflict. His motivation is the only desire to end a war that cost thousands of civilians' life. "I have no loyalty to anyone. My loyalty applies to saving life, and I want to save a lot of lives, especially those of young people," said the President.

But the unbalanced nature of the US peace approach becomes clear in Trump's vague statements about the conflict and in its strange, sometimes bizarre formulations with which he talks about the war.

The rocket attacks on Kyiv

Early on Thursday morning, Russia 70 rocket " Drones to Ukraine, with Kiev experiencing the most devastating attack in the capital for nine months. At least 12 people were killed and 90 injured, while further injuries were enclosed among the ruins of residential buildings. The frightened residents of the capital had to return to the air -raid shelter - some took their small children and pets with them.

Trump's reaction to this resumption of terror? A mild posting on his Truth Social Account, which apparently showed more interest in the time of the attacks than in the devastation that they did among defenseless civilians. "I am not satisfied with the Russian attacks on Kiev. Not necessary and very badly timed. Vladimir, stop!" Wrote Trump. “Let's put the peace treaty in order!”

contradictory reactions to the conflict

The President expanded his contribution while a speech in the oval office later a day. "I didn't like the attack last night. I was dissatisfied with it and we were in the middle of peace talks while missiles were fired, and I was not happy about it," said Trump, using a passive expression without accusing Putin directly.

Another US president might have spoken to his condolences, pointed out that the targeted killing of civilians is a war crime and threatened consequences. But Trump's reaction corresponded to his many years of behavior not to combine the consequences of terrible attacks with the one who ordered them.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who described Putin as a “club” and “gangster” during his presidential election campaign in 2016, was sitting on the couch in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon. He used Trump's blurred language, which almost gave the impression that Russian rockets had landed in Kiev on his own. "What happened to the rocket attacks last night should remind everyone why this war has to be ended," said Rubio. "It is terrible that these rockets landed, but it is even worse that there were ... people who still lived yesterday and no longer live today because this war continues."

unequal relationship with Zelensky and Putin

The weak language of the government towards Putin stands in a strong contrast to the sharp criticism of the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Zelensky in the same Oval Office in March . Trump attacked the Ukrainian President again this week after Zelensky excluded recognition of the Russian annexation of the Crimea.

on Truth Social Supports Trump “Telensky, which is so difficult to end this war. He has nothing to end this war! The situation for Ukraine is serious - he can have peace or fight for another three years before losing the whole country.”

The contrast in Trump's tone towards the two leaders is remarkable. "When Zelensky dares to say the truth, Trump scolds him violently," said John Herbst, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Paula Newton in the CNN International. "When Putin murdered civilians with ballistic rockets, he is only corrected or slightly reprimanded."

Trump's misunderstanding of the war situation

Trump became defensive on Thursday when he was asked which concessions Russia had in conflict, compared to his constant pressure on Ukraine. "Stop war, not take over the entire country. Pretty much concessions," replied Trump. This statement reveals a strange misunderstanding about what happened in the war and shows how comprehensive Trump looks at the war by Putin's lens.

The reason why a President of Russia does not rule Ukraine is that the Ukrainian armed forces carried out a heroic retreat that shocked the world at the beginning of the war and saved the capital. Years of arm transfer from the United States and its European allies have contributed to the fact that this remained so.

"This is absolutely not a concession," said Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, to CNNS Jim Sciutto in "The letter". “In my view, it is absolutely absurd to say something like that.”

Trump insisted that he was quite hard towards Putin - although there is little evidence that the Russian guide paid a price for ignoring Trump's ceasefire plans and continuing attacks on civilians during the factually unsuccessful peace talks. "You don't know what pressure I put on Russia," he said to a reporter. "We put Russia under pressure, and Russia knows that, and some who are close to know that or otherwise he would not talk."

sources that are informed about the peace talks announced CNN on Thursday that Trump is privately frustrated by his failure to convey an end to the war. So far, however, his impatience has not resulted in any efforts to force Russia to accept extremely generous conditions. For example, Trump could deliver weapons to Ukraine to increase the costs of the war for the Russian armed forces. He could send Patriot-Systems to Kiev to defend ballistic rockets or provide protection against rocket attacks. The president could also impose secondary sanctions against countries that continue to buy Russian oil and thus finance the war.

But he didn't do anything about it. His unequal approach threatens to further punish the victims of the war.