Posted on 03/18/2025 8:44:45 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are currently speaking on the phone about settling the Ukraine conflict, the White House has said.
"The call is going well, and still in progress," deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino wrote in a post on X. The pair began speaking at 2pm UK time.
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...
President Trump to brief reporters at WH after call is finished.
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Two Pepsis to go!
Remember how Obama was handed the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing? Trump could well settle this no end war in Ukraine, but I doubt he would even be considered for the Peace Prize
Its called Domination.
President Trump sent USAF spy planes to the Crimea coast this morning before the call started.
Have you decided on what method of suicide? I know this situation has got to hurt.
Putin’s botched invasion of Ukraine is over.
Today’s flight is still in the air.
Peace will come to YouCrayne thru Trump and Putin.
Link?
“Vlad and I had this big, beautiful call and he agreed to end this big, ugly war today. He will take his twenty percent of Ukraine and go home. See how easy this is?”
Of all the things of the past few days, I remain most interested in Trump’s bringing up “power plants”.
This is genius. Complicate everything to evade various red lines. The largest nuke plant in Europe is in one of the new Russian oblasts and it has not functioned for 2 years. It is supplying no power to Europe or Ukraine or Russia.
That is a bargaining chip and nobody was talking about it at all until Trump mentioned it.
My guess is Russia is required to supply Europe free electricity from that plant for X years as part of a deal.
Donald Trump, the Peace and Prosperity President.
As a bargaining tactic, Trump should mention ending sanctions and returning stolen assets given to Ukraine to support the war.
Mercouris discussed the carving up of Ukraine in the talks- through the Federalization of Ukraine…. It will require their Rada ( Congress) legislation.
That would be the best outcome opposed to giving territory directly back to Poland, Hungary, Romania…..in any case Vlad keeps all his ethnic Russian provinces. Talked also about Odessa coming under joint ownership.
The best part, the corrupted little beggar has no say whatsoever.
And 3 UK spy planes watching St Petersburg, Kalingrad and Western Belarus right now, too.
The best analysis is that Trump is working to prop up Putin to move him away from China rather than just letting him fail and fall from power in Russia. Europe wants Putin to fail, and if Europe continues to support the Ukrainians, that will happen.
Not a gambling sort, but I wouldn't make a wager on that.
Energy and other resources throughout this conflict of now more than a decade seems a fulcrum. Who controls what. Europe -- confined to the boundaries of the EU -- is not well supplied with resources they want to touch ( such as German lignite ). And this is one reason Norway didn't want to become one of the "member-states."
Larger things seem being wagered on more than two sides here. Just a notion which we'll see how things transpire. Best wishes.
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