If President Trump wants the Ukraine war to end he should stop supporting it militarily. Zelensky will play him for as long as he can wile seeking to replace American support with European support. When he achieves a significant amount of European based intelligence and weapons supplies he will have no reason to stop the conflict until a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance squad knocks o his door and asks him to.
President Trump should get some kind of understanding with President Putin where he will stop the Russian advance if and when American stops supplying Ukraine with the means to continue the conflict and Russia begins a quick advance into Ukrainian positions in the aftermath. President Trump needs to know that Russia won’t simply seek to conquer all of Ukraine.
President Trump can well approach ending the war without the cooperation of Ukraine. If Russia agrees to stop after achieving select territorial goals that President Trump can accept, such as are located on the East bank of the Dnepr, and Ukraine though essentially defeated will not quit hostilities, it may be necessary to bring in some other military forces- possibly those of Vietnam or Kenya to reinforce Russian positions along the settled border that Ukraine won’t accept. The United States could place sanctions on Ukraine until they recognize the new Russia-Ukraine border.
Zelensky and Putin both should be honest and forthright with President Trump. President Trump needs to apply realpolitik to military parameters to bring the war to an end even though Senators Schiff and Schumer may not like it.
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