Trump said he could stop war in 24 hours, but team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’
Diplomacy, it turns out, is hard. The 24 hours that Donald Trump promised he would need to halt the fighting in Ukraine have long since passed. And the administration has done little of the hard diplomatic work that was required to secure landmark deals like the Dayton agreement or the Camp David accords in the past.
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Rubio clearly wished to vent frustration on Friday, a day after Trump had said in the White House that he was waiting for Russia’s response to the proposed framework for a peace deal and expected to have it this week. The White House appears to be increasingly frustrated with Moscow, something that both European and Ukrainian officials had hoped would take place.
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There was always an expertise gap in the difficult negotiations over a ceasefire to the Russian war in Ukraine. Now the administration appears to have a patience gap and has signaled it is ready to walk away. Ukraine does not have that option.
God the Trump admin is such a hot HOT mess… What did they expect? That Russia would just cave? They are so terrifyingly stupid, it genuinely makes me worried and we are only three months into his term…
They thought Ukraine would just cave.
Well that too. Like a country fighting for its survival and sovereignty would just give up because Trump said they should… They fought with nobody helping them in the beginning and they will keep fighting until there is no one left to fight. American help and intelligence is helpful but not decisive in whether they keep fighting. I just wish Trump would spend at least 5 minutes listening to an expert on the issue, is that too much to ask?