Complete nonsense. The Europeans are now providing 99% of the aid to Ukraine. The US sells weapons that the Europeans pay for, and even with that, supply of air defense has been slowed or withheld entirely. So exactly what leverage does Trump have?
The Ukrainian constitution specifies that elections are not to be held during wartime. The funniest part is the claim of "Russian language persecution." Every educated person in Ukraine speaks Russian, except maybe in the far west. I doubt even Zelensky or most of the high-level Ukrainian officials speak it very well. Many people speak a middling dialect. And even native Russian speakers may no longer identify as Russians any more than English-speaking Americans think of themselves as Brits. The same is true about the "persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church." That church has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian state since Peter the Great, so of course some of its congregations have been suppressed. Not all.
As far as foreign interference goes, Yanukovych was elected mainly as Putin's cats paw in Ukraine. He arrested his predecessor, wrecked much of Ukraine's military, and was clearly positioning himself as -at best- another Lukashenko. Refusing the EU agreement passed by parliament to accept Putin's offer clearly signaled his intentions. So the Ukrainians, with some US assistance, forced him out, although he only fled when it became apparent that Ukrainian forces would not machine gun their own people on Maidan. US assistance may have been a necessary condition, but certainly not a sufficient one given the depth of resistance.
The bottom line is that Putin invaded Ukraine thinking it would be an easy target. The "Biden" regime believed the same, which is why they offered Zelensky a ride out. The "Biden" regime was willing to sell out the whole country to Putin without lifting a finger. Trump believed he could easily bully and entice Putin with some economic deal. All this shows is he misunderstood both the Ukrainians' capacity for stubborn resistance and self-reliance and Putin's motivations, which are about glory and conquest for Russia, not money. Now Trump has reduced his leverage over Ukraine to almost nothing but is slowly tightening the screws on Russia. For the Ukrainians the best path is to play along with the talks and keep killing Russian soldiers faster than Putin can supply them.
Instead of repeating things you hear and sound good to you, why don’t you try to actually look things up and make sure you have your facts straight.
This is the constitution of Ukraine:
https://rm.coe.int/constitution-of-ukraine/168071f58b
Show me where it says no elections in war?
It says no elections during martial law. Ukraine and in particular Mr. Z and his junta decided to implement martial law in Ukraine.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/02/24/martial-law-ukraine-russia-attack/6925581001/
Many nations have elections during war. We had elections 1812 (when we were invaded and the capital was sacked), in the civil war, WWI, WWII...
The US is still providing key weapon systems and support for them, Intel, tech personnel, logistics, etc. If we cut Ukraine off, they are screwed.
The key difference is that in 2022 every politician wanted to be seen with Mr. Z and in front of our hardware going down range. In about 2024 public opinion went against the war and now we simply keep the hardware going down range behind the fence in places like Ramstein etc.
Do you think Ukraine has the technicians to keep their F16s (probably very effective in an anti drone role of I had to guess) flying? The Euros do not have the sort of signal and imagery Intel we have? And and and...
Once we pack up and leave, the war is over. The Euros will NOT go it alone. The risk exposure would be to great.
The US is the underwriter for Western security issues when the rubber hits the road. We have the big toys, the strategic assets in force projection and logistics, the nukes, the capabilities to operate in a high threat environment (air) and unconventional warfare means, IC or even just ordinance (bust bunkers, SEAD etc) to pull shit off the Euros can’t even dream of. We have the mass even on land (and we are in reality a maritime and air power, not a ground power) comparable to Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain combined. Once we pack up for real, it’s done.
If the Euros “go it alone” (for real) the threat to them becomes excessive and they lack certain capabilities they simply can’t being to the table.