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Posted on 05/13/2025 10:23:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Important events are developing on the international political scene - according to Keith Kellogg, the US special representative for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin may personally participate in the Russia-Ukraine talks scheduled for May 15 in Istanbul. If this happens, it is possible that US President Donald Trump will also attend the meeting.
Kellogg explained this proposal as follows:
"We hope that President Putin will also go to the talks. If so, then President Trump may also come to Istanbul. This will be a completely unexpected, historic meeting," he told reporters.
Hope and pressure from Trump's visit
According to a high-ranking source in the US presidential administration, Trump's words about a possible visit to Istanbul were perceived as serious diplomatic pressure on the Kremlin. A visit of this level could give new color and seriousness to the negotiations to end the war.
Trump himself stated that his condition on May 15 was unknown:
"I've thought about flying. I don't know exactly where I'll be. I have a lot of meetings, but if I see that the meeting in Istanbul can produce some results, then I may go," Trump said in his statement.
US - a call for peace
Keith Kellogg stressed that the US is primarily interested in a ceasefire. In his opinion, military operations should cease before any negotiations. Only then can other aspects of the relationship be discussed.
According to the special representative, among the issues to be discussed in Istanbul may be proposals for the deployment of NATO members - Great Britain, France, Germany and Poland - on the western banks of the Dnieper River.
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No. Why should they?
Did Truman or Eisenhower ever personally attend the Korean peace negotiations?
How about Nixon and Ho Chi Minh? Nope, neither ever showed up at the Paris Peace talks. Negotiations were led by Kissinger and Le Duc Tho.
Zelensky foolishly painted himself into a corner with his silly law banning negotiations with Russia, which he now claims does not apply to him and only him (because he’s Special).
Putin offered “direct talks” between the two sides. That means representatives of each side meet without going through a third party. It does not mean heads of state meet face to face.
Trump should not lower himself for a photo op.
Whether Putin shows up or not is meaningless.
There will be no ceasefire without a deal and the two sides are still far apart.
Nope. Trump keeps arming Ukraine. Despite saying that the US would no longer do so. Oh yah, done by the German whore proxy. The president of peace...
I read Trump’s book, “The Art of the Deal”. Fascinating how much he gets done in a day. He said he always has face-to-face meetings with people he’s negotiating with. That’s about business.
But this is politics.
He is really amazing.
Some here seem to think Trump is indifferent to the outcome of this conflict or should be. He’s not. He doesn’t want to see an end to an independent Ukraine, and why should he?
People have gotten so caught up in the process, and the mis-handling of the conflict by the Biden administration that they’ve embraced the idea that a Russian takeover of Ukraine is somehow irrelevant to our national interest.
There’s a reason Trump says time and time again that Russia never would have invaded Ukraine if he had been President. That’s because he would have taken measures to prevent it from happening. From that, it’s easy to glean that Trump sees that the United States has a stake in an independent Ukraine. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have made such statements.
Having said that, that doesn’t mean there aren’t smart ways as well as foolish ways to achieve an outcome. Trump is trying to effect an outcome that is strategically good for the U.S. (Hint: An outcome that doesn’t consist of Russia permanently controlling large swathes of Ukraine) in a way that makes sense and is not wasteful of U.S. tax dollars or of lives.
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