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Stunzeed4469 got talks going between both started.
Not really. What he did was announce to the world, and then to Zelensky that Ukraine has no cards to play, Putin is going to beat him regardless, and then delivered "surrender terms". And h then told Zelensky: BTW, here's another piece of paper that gives a company run by the Trump sphere, rights to 50% of Ukraine's natural resources.
If you were Putin, here's what you heard: I am going to win, USA is not going to support Ukraine, so I win, why do I need peace, when I can take it all. Then hello Poland.
Russia has nukes, but what do we have? Right, nukes.
China is in Putin's camp, so another reason Putin is not going for peace. The economic war Trump declared on China, killed any chance of China shifting away from Putin, Another Trump accomplishment.
If Putin feels we gave up, of course he's going to threaten, essentially with Trump's 'oh geez chucks, why don't you give him Crimea and a bunch of other places, send your self to jail and agree to a Putin-controlled Ukraine" "art of the deal".
You don't give away everything before negotiations ever start.
The US needs to have the following attitude: A single nuke, means the end of the world, and act like we mean it. I support that position, but Trump said "Vlad, you go ahead and pick what you want"...
A liberal saying "go ahead, make my day" to nukes? Sure thing. That's the only way to prevent WWIII.
PS: If Trump thinks people elected him based on the way he's conducting the tariff war, why did he force Amazn to hide them from the people? Think about it.