It's the Epstein approach to negotiating.
Create a scheme that greatly benefits the negotiators and totally ignores the real victims.
Putin ends up rewarded for his aggression, with land and a foothold to set up his next invasion of the rest of Ukraine. He'll then start picking off the NATO countries one-by-one, either forcibly or through extortion, secure in the knowledge that, according to Felon47, he can do "Whatever the hell he wants" to countries unwilling to "kiss the ring."
TACO gains personal control of Ukraine's untold riches in rare earths. More importantly, he strengthens his reason to demand one or more of his coveted Nobel Prizes. The gold award will fit nicely in the Oval Office's new whore house decor.
Actually, to call it a whore house is unfair. There are some things even a prostitute won't do for money.
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