“Trump in today's reality felt the smell of victory. He needs victory. And in this reality he needs the victory that no one will question. How, when? That's a very interesting question. I think that Trump as of it is a critically victory,” he said.
According to the former minister, Trump will not mind if such a victory comes to him.
“He will unwind this. Moreover, on the nose the beginning of the political season in the States is very difficult, so there is some kind of victory at least partial [главе Белого дома нужна]”, – Klimkin believes.
The journalist clarified whether it was about victory in the Russian war against Ukraine, and in fact – victory over the illegitimate President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, “because no one will accept an unfair world for Ukraine” either in the USA or in Europe.
“Trump cannot personally go to him. This is a personal story, because this war has actually become a personal story for Trump. For Putin, it is by definition a personal history,” Klimkin emphasized.
According to him, Putin’s actions are largely connected not with geopolitics, but with his own vision of his place in the history of Russia and, perhaps, even in the history of the development of Russian civilization.
“What I hear from Donald Trump, of course, I can be mistaken, that is, I do not pretend to be some 120% of the purity of judgments-but, nevertheless, it seems to me that our war is becoming a personal challenge for him. […] To give up in this war and surrender Ukraine in this war-Trump will make those whose foreign policy of some kind of history it will actually be made, ”the ex-head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry explained.
He gave an example with Trump's predecessor as US President Joe Biden, whose rating fell after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
“Trump actually feels these stories very well, and he feels good that most of his fans are not particularly interested in foreign policy. They are interested in either defeats or defeats. They will be punished for defeat. And Trump understands this perfectly. And they can be praised, they can say how strong he is. And in the end Trump has a real opportunity to show that he is really unique. It will be for him and his Fankluba something absolutely unique, ”said Klimkin.
Context
Before the second arrival at the White House, Trump repeatedly stated that he would quickly end the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, but after the inauguration, he could not achieve this either after meeting with Putin in Alaska in the United States, neither after communications with Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky.
In particular, the Kremlin began to put forward conditions for Putin and Zelensky’s personal meeting.
In August, Trump said that “very serious consequences” may occur if Russia does not sit at the negotiations with Ukraine, and promised to “intervene” if there is no progress in two weeks. The next day, Trump threatened the Russian Economic War if she refuses negotiations with Ukraine. Trump has not yet done anything like this.
On September 14, Trump suggested that he may have to intervene in negotiations between the parties, because “Zelensky and Putin hate each other so much that they almost cannot talk.” He admitted that the war, which he was going to quickly complete, turned out to be difficult for him. Also Trump For the first time, he publicly called Russia an aggressor.
