Trump is managed by “unhealthy obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize”, which prompts him to make hasty decisions about Russia's war against Ukraine. The last example of a “illustrative lesson on how diplomacy should not be conducted is the premature peak with the Russian dictator in Alaska,” says Boot.
Trump made chaotic decisions, changed them, threatened with sanctions, moved the deadlines; On Friday, another restrictions were to be imposed on Russia, but instead of sanctions, Putin received an award in the form of an invitation to Alaska – reminds the commentator in the Washington daily.
The Russian dictator demanded Donbass in exchange for a truce, Trump mentions the possibility of “replacing the territories”, although it is not known what lands, if at all, Putin would transfer Ukraine. There are no signals that the Kremlin wanted to agree to security guarantees for Kiev – the author lists.
War in Ukraine. “It will be a repeat from the Munich agreement in 1938”
Putin's latest game seems to be an obvious attempt to avoid sanctions; What's more, he tries to get at the negotiating table what the Russian troops failed to win from the beginning of the invasion – says Boot.
“If Trump agrees to Putin's conditions, it will be a repeat from the Munich agreement in 1938, in which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave Hitler the Czech Sudetes (…) without consulting the Czechs,” warns the commentator.
Chamberlain did not receive anything in return, except for the vague promises of the room. Winston Churchill commented in this way: “We had a choice between the disgrace and war, we chose the disgrace and we will have war.”
If Trump really wants to get a Nobel Prize, he should pour Russia with sanctions, convey Ukraine her frozen assets and dramatically increase the supply of weapons for Kiev. Only then would he get the undivided attention of Putin and the chances of fruitful negotiations – summed up the author.
