Problem is in the end Putin is not going to cave to Trump, Putin read his book... Reminds of comment Patton made... In the movie “Patton,” the famous line “Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!”
Then Putin can keep on grinding Russians
>>”Problem is in the end Putin is not going to cave to Trump”
And Trump isn’t going to cave to Putin. Trump’s objective is clear. End the war without the Russian incursions into Ukraine expanding beyond their current front lines. Being that even during 3 years of a weak Biden regime Putin hasn’t been able to finish off Ukraine, he can expect more of the same or worse from Trump.
Putin is going nowhere. He’s stuck in a quagmire. If you want to call that having Trump’s number, knock yourself out.
From Trumps point of view and the point of view of U.S. interests, Putin remaining stuck in a quagmire is just fine. We can live with that. Trump would like to end the killing, but in terms U.S. strategic interests Trump’s only goal is to prevent Putin from making any further inroads into Ukraine. A stalemate is a win for the U.S. An end to the fighting would be a win for the people of Russia and Ukraine.