“Trump’s high-profile statements about Ukraine are deprived of any strategy, the journalist says.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
Trump’s high-profile statements about Ukraine are deprived of any strategy, the journalist says.
Trump does not really have a strategy for supporting Ukraine in her war with the Russian Federation, experts / photo Getty Images sayAccording to US President Donald Trump’s high -profile statements, there is more rhetoric on Ukraine than real action: there are no specifics on the volume and timing of weapons supply, sanctions against the Russian Federation are postponed, and the “ultimatum” of the Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is similar to another attempt to negotiate. About it writes journalist Christian Ceril on the front of Foreign Policy.
He noted that Trump on July 14 at his press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the oval office, which announced a new weapons plan for Ukraine, presented a change in the position of Russians not so much as a strategic decision as indignation.
“The President of the United States is noticeably lacking in a deeper strategic understanding of why the war began, why it continues and how it is over. Like his diplomatic messenger Steve Vitcoff, Trump looks at everything through his highly personalized prism of agreements: Putin now needs to bring it, because
Former US Army Commander in Europe Ben Hodges agreed with this, who noted that Trump lacks a strategic vision of the result of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“Why the President does not say,” The final goal is that Russia lives within its own borders, like any other sovereign state, and that it stops attacking its neighbors “?” Hodges asks.
Instead, he said, Trump voices “a set of semi -white statements and vague statements.”
In support of Ukraine a lot of incomprehensibleEvaluating Trump’s new policy on Ukraine, Ceril emphasized that if it is implemented, it may be better than the complete termination of weapons to Ukraine, but this is still less than what was planned for the administration of the previous President Joe Biden.
“Weapons that the Ukrainians should be given free of charge by the President to reduce troops will be sold to Europeans, who will then hand over to Kiev. And the details about the specific types and quantities of the weapon that will be put are still unclear,” he writes.
The author of the article emphasizes that it is unclear how many Patriot interceptors will receive Kiev that Europeans are ready to buy for Ukraine and how many of this Trump is ready to provide.
According to Hodges, Trump “essentially invent a policy on the move”, while he should “rely on a policy development apparatus in the National Security Council and the Ministry of Defense, which would help formulate goals, coordinate messages and generally ensure a certain level of reliability in the US decision -making process.”
Hodges explained that there is now chaos in the higher echelons of the Pentagon, and the traditional structure of national security policy in the White House has been largely eliminated. Like, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio “forges the Acting Advisor on National Security”, and this work “takes 25 hours a day”, so it is not surprising that Trump may “invent everything on the go.”
Putin got a deferral from any serious economic pressure from the USThe journalist also considers Trump’s statement to be the probable introduction of very serious tariffs on Russia if she refuses to stop the war within 50 days.
“Translation: Putin receives another delay from any serious economic pressure from the US. It is also an extremely generous time for a country that has repeatedly evaded ceasefire agreements and serious negotiations,” Ceril said.
Moreover, the journalist predicts that Putin will look as if he would return to the negotiating table and Trump will extend this term.
According to the author of the article, the reaction of Russian officials to his statement was evidenced by the fact that special changes in Trump’s policy on war in Ukraine.
“If Trump’s statement to restore weapons to Kiev aimed to press seriously on Moscow, it would be expected that the Russians would respond with horror and fear. It used to be 24 hours; It used to be 100 days – we survived it. ”
Trump’s new policy on Ukraine andAs reported earlier, UNIAN, on July 14, Trump announced a possible introduction of duties against Russia and promised weapons to Ukraine. He put Putin an ultimatum, threatening to impose secondary duties against the Russian Federation and its partners, unless there is no agreement on peaceful settlement in Ukraine within 50 days. In addition, Trump said Putin disappointed him because he disagreed to the ceasefire.
Trump also promised to send Patriot interceptors to Ukraine immediately, and wanted to suspend this weapons to Ukraine in early July. However, the latest telephone conversations with Putin and the presentation of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky forced Trump to change his decision.
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