Trump's bold Ukraine peace plan faces rough reality check
Former president plans quick fix for Ukraine conflict when he returns to office in early-2025. His simple solution might create more problems than it solves in this complex east-european stand-off
Donald Trump promises a quick-fix to end the ukraine war right after his inauguration day‚ but his plan looks over-simplified for such a multi-sided conflict
The ex-presidents proposed solution has some big-time issues: making deals with Vladimir Putin without involving Ukraine or Europe might not stop the fighting (and could make things much worse)
The possible deal might include these key points:
- No more NATO for Ukraine
- Russia keeps taken lands
- End of westʼs sanctions
- Less weapons for Ukraine
- Some kind of cease-fire deal
Putin might say yes to this deal just to get what he wants now; then regroup and attack again later. Russia already plans to spend almost 1/3rd of its money on military stuff next year‚ which shows its real plans
The deal might fail because Putin thinks hes winning anyway: Ukraine gets weaker each month and western help is going down. Back in 2014-15 Russia didnt like how peace deals gave Ukraine time to get stronger – now they dont want to make that same mistake
Even if Trump and Putin shake hands on something‚ Ukraine might keep fighting anyway. They make more of their own weapons now and Europe still helps them. Most ukrainians think this fight is do-or-die; they remember how being neutral didnt stop Russia from attacking them about 10 years ago
Europe needs to step-up fast before Trump comes back. They should:
- Give more money for defense
- Send military trainers to Ukraine
- Keep pushing for ukraines NATO membership
- Use trade with china as bargaining chip
The real danger isnt just a bad deal – its how Putin might use Trumpʼs deal-making desire to split western allies apart. That could help Russia control Ukraine and mess up europes security for good
