Trump says Ukraine has to continue to "fight" Russia because, a ceasefire would disadvantage them both

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1. Trump isn't fighting for peace in Ukraine, he's managing Russia's victory

Trump has directly supported Russia’s war effort this year in the prosecution of its invasion of Ukraine. He cut arms supplies from the US. He suspended Ukraine’s access to real-time intelligence as Russia re-took the Kursk region of territory captured last year by Kyiv.

“President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,” Trump said on his social media posts.

He means Ukraine should just give up – throw in the towel and hope that Russia won’t attack again. Putin will attack again. He invaded first in 2014, agreed various later ceasefires, then invaded in earnest in 2022.

He wants all of Ukraine. He has said so many times. He also wants eastern Europe back in the Russian sphere just like in the days of the Soviet empire. He said its loss was the greatest global catastrophe the world had ever seen. He wants it back and Trump wants to give it to him.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-zelensky-meeting-ukraine-putin-europe-peace-b2809436.html