If there is one thing someone like Putin (someone who believes they answer to no one) hates, it’s a deadline, or ultimatum.
They would dismiss or defy it purely for the sake of it having been brought.
As a casual observer with no particular insight, it appears to me Putin is playing Trump.
One of Trump’s strengths is that if one position doesn’t work out, he is pragmatic enough to try something different. He is not wedded to an intractable position on things. The media see this as a fault because they think in ideological terms. Trump is not ideological.
Trump should give up and let Russia and Ukraine duke it out. Neither side wants peace. He should stop funding Ukraine.
“President Trump gives Putin deadline to prove he’s serious about ending the war in Ukraine”
And if he doesn’t, Trump will destroy the US economy by self-imposing an effective trade embargo against India, China, and probably many other countries, due to their continued trade with Russia.
Sounds like a winning strategy to me!
Same sort of deadline Trump gave Hamas to release all hostages or else? And didn’t follow through?
Trump wasn’t elected to try to dictate the outcome of this war.
Trump wasn’t elected to try to dictate the outcome of this war.
Military Summary Channel
https://youtu.be/jNvlc-edisc
Facts on the ground.
“President Trump wasn’t joking about his Easter deadline to Putin.” - clownusmaximus
When all is said and done, Vlad still holds all the cards. Western arms, ammo, Sanctions, Swift removal, threats, long range missiles, stealing Russian sovereign wealth funds, all have failed.
Over forty western nations have allied against Russia, pulled every dirty trick, and are still unable to stop the war…..how can one think President Trump will have any success?
The Ukrainian war will end when Vlad accomplishes his stated goals, which basically were a promise to his people.
Team Trump. F Putin.
Putin has no intention of ending the war anytime soon. If he has any intentions at all, it would be to widen the war