His pompathy was the worst. If US President Donald Trump took advantage of the weeks preceding the summit with Vladimir Putin to Soberly emphasize how important it is to hear what is possible in a confidential atmosphere and what is not possiblehe could leave Anchorage empty -handed, but without criticism from many sides.
If Trump found this useful, he could even meet Putin, applying the usual negotiations. He could remind you that indignation, like morality, is not a political emotion. In the nature of moral standards is that no compromise is possible within them. And he is needed today.
Moscow and Kyiv would also have to be prepared for painful concessions, which would certainly cause their dissatisfaction. Paradoxically, The very fact of universal dissatisfaction is a condition for stability: If one side were fully satisfied, all others would be completely dissatisfied with the result. In this way, sooner or later there would be a revolution.
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The basis of stable order is relative safety – and therefore relative uncertainty – its members. Stability does not mean an absolute lack of unmet demandsbut rather there is no bitterness to such an extent that instead of finding a new system in given framework, it could lead to attempts to overthrow order.
In Alaska, Putin won on points
However, such comments would probably be too demanding for a character like Trump. Completely absorbed in putting himself on a pedestal, The US president loves to take a trumpet, wild and without a thoughtful composition. Exactly in this mode he flew to Alaska. He spent the last days, sometimes thinking loudly about coastal real estate in Ukraine, which Russia appropriated. And sometimes playing a strong leader who strictly punished the Kremlin if the arms suspension was not agreed immediately.
For Trump, words mean nothing. As soon as they are spoken, They fly like soap bubbles and crack in the air. And what had to happen happened: Góra gave birth to a mouse.
Thanks to Donald Trump Putin, for whom the uphill war with numerous losses seems like a stay in the spa, returns home, winning the victory for points. Although he did not make any concessions, he not only managed to be recognized by Washington as equal, but also received all gestures of respect. Not a single word from his press conference suggests that Moscow will give way. Before his return aircraft landed in Russia, Putin covered Ukraine with 85 drone attacks.
The late Europe has failed Ukraine
The President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski goes to Washington on Monday. It is easy to guess how he will feel when preparing for talks with Trump. The exchange of sentences between the United States and Russia was a black day for Ukraineeven if – or at least it seems – no agreements were reached above the heads of the Ukrainians.
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Donald Trump and Wołodymyr Zełnski in front of the White House. Washington, February 14, 2025
Zelanski is twice the grace of Trump and Putin. The original war plan landed in the history of history. The strategy of US President Joe Biden was that the war ended for the Russians In the same way as for the French in Algeria, Americans in Vietnam and Soviets in Afghanistan.
Neither Algerians nor Vietnamese nor Afghans defeated France, America and the USSR in the sense in which the European kingdoms defeated each other in the past. Algerians did not go to Paris triumphantly, the Vietnamese to Washington or Afghans to Moscow to impose the humiliation and territorial assumptions on the defeated. They did not even demand reparation for endless suffering and damage, which they defeated unilaterally for years. Everything they have achieved is preventing the bandits from winning And preventing him from using their poverty and apparent weakness to subordinate them to themselves.
In the case of Ukraine, this would require fast, comprehensive and consistent military assistance from the West. And it failed. The consequences will be felt primarily by Ukrainians. Europe will regret its corpse and its own powerlessness for a long time.
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