Now, why would Putin want a 'constructive' talk with Trump when he has the upper hand and the meeting is not about ending the war? Another blockbuster love story being played out in the same fashion as what Trump did with Kim Jong Un? Now Kim Jong Un is not even interested in another tete a tete with Trump, probably because the latter stinks.
If Trump is just trying to set a trap for Putin in Alaska, he is mistaken. Putin is not going to concede territories and is even demanding Ukraine stop troop movements and that NATO stop providing more arms for Zelenskyy to fight his war.
Moreover, NATO is even giving Zelenskyy all the push that he needs to continue with the war. Putin just ignored talking to the Europeans and is letting them seethe with anger. The fact that even Trump does not think the Europeans are in any way relevant in any peace talks makes them even more crazy with rage and running amok.
So, in my two cents worth, the war is going to continue. It did not end within 24 hours, right?. It did not end with more sanctions. It did not end with Trump already six months in office. Have we been swallowing the kidding so far?
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The headline today says it all. Putin will face 'serious consequences' if he does not take the peace deal that Trump is going to dish out to him in Alaska. Just days ago Trump admitted that a peace deal was beyond reach, and just going for a constructive meet in Alaska. See the immediate change of tone so sudden and abrupt trying to unsettle Putin? As I said earlier, nobody in his right mind wants to threaten Putin. Putin has already delivered his message clear and simple with a big attack on Ukraine just days away from the summit. Is that the mindset of a man being threatened and now cowering?
Trump thinks Putin, while inside his Alaska home ground, is going to collapse with fear under his big, beautiful serious 'con' sequences threat. How many times have we heard of that 'consequences' word, not just from Trump, his sidekicks and the morons running the EU, three years into the conflict in Ukraine. Sanctions were supposed to collapse Russia, but instead makes Russia greater again (shall I put it as MRGA now). Then there were the game changing weapons being sent to Ukraine to provide target practice for the Russians, achieving nothing. Now it is secondary sanctions on countries buying Russian oil. What else is new?
If my intuition is credible. nothing will be agreed upon in Alaska, not to talk about Putin capitulating. Of course, Trump will still gloat about a big, beautiful and constructive meeting that, if you read between the lines, means actually achieving nothing, just hot air, a ploy to consolidate his Nobel Peace Prize dream.
Now, what will be the serious consequences that Putin is supposed to face if he does not take the deal? More secondary sanctions targeting China and India from buying Russian oil? Now, that threat has already been put into the grave, with even India telling the USA it is going to continue to buy Russian oil, like it or not as it is an existential matter for India.
China is just going to show Trump its middle finger and keeps buying Russian oil, saying nothing as always. The silence of China over many issues is making Trump really crazy, losing sleep and not knowing what to do. My take about China is that it is quietly and seriously decoupling from the USA and does not need the USA to take the lead to do so. It is all clearly spelt out, knowing who depends on who and who is not needing who from now onwards.
Perhaps, if the talks fail in Alaska, Trump will go back to his 90 days ultimatum again for Putin, later to be reduced to 10 to 12 days and ending up again with nothing achieved. This charade is going to continue just like the 90 days extension of the tariff truce on China, the extension of the Tik Tok truce and the ultimatum on Russia with no foreseeable fixed dateline in actual fact.
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