Summary
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, in a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, failed to specify any Russian concessions in a potential Ukraine peace deal despite detailing demands on Ukraine.
After claiming a “friendship” with Putin, Witkoff spoke vaguely about “territorial” and “economic” concessions from both sides. He also claimed a U.S.-Ukraine deal on raw earth minerals would be signed soon.
When confronted with Russian state TV footage suggesting Trump’s stance aligns with Putin’s, Witkoff insisted diplomacy requires communication.
His remarks fueled concerns over Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine.
I remain unimpressed by CNN reporters because he has not asked the most important question: What will guarantee Russia’s adherence to any kind of peace deal?
It’s boring to repost it the Nth time but the 1994 Budapest Memorandum was quite clear about these matters:
- Respect the signatory’s independence and sovereignty in the existing borders
- Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories…
- Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest…
- Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they “should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used”.
Yet, putin kicked nearly every single point in the memorandum the moment he felt ready. Why would the same leader act differently in the future?
It’s eerily similar in my view to the Abraham accords. Trump negotiated bypassing Palestinians and then we got Oct 7 and the war that spiraled from it. These “deals” are as flimsy as a CyberTruck, but it’s also very trumpy. He gets to act like a peacemaker and then his successor will deal with the consequent shit. Same thing happened in Afghanistan.
*edit: also, if someone wants to be “fair” (i’d rather say naive) one can consider the official Russian narrative, but again that narrative explicitly goes against the Budapest Memorandum, meaning, they are very open about not respecting treaties they sign.
CNN was bought by a right wing shitbag. They are FOX News in a trench coat
Meanwhile Zelensky is saying he’ll give up the presidency in exchange for NATO membership.
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Whoah, you get paid to spout all that or are you volunteering your time?
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from paid nafo trolls.
What’s nafo?
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That is demonstrably false with a mere glance at the news headlines.
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Incredible that Trump remains so mad that Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize that he’s willing to literally just order an ally to give up so he can claim he made the peace and demand his prize. He really was just entirely broken by a black man being president.
Oh no, that is too logical. What’s he’s really still mad at Obama about is the 2011 White House Corespondents dinner that Obama roasted him at
The blind leading the lame
President Krasnov is a fucking bitch
Might be.
Their concession is sending someone to listen to the Trump guy.
Trump just looks so weak here. So much for being a strongman. I guess he just likes being manhandled?
Our cold war enemy has the president of the United States in his pocket.
They are none.
Bend over, blyat.
I don’t want to give Twitter any of my traffic, so I found it here: https://youtu.be/Tbr_4tbvImc
I think that’s actually a different interview and that this is the one referred in the OP: https://youtu.be/Iyasgj3e-wE
What are they talking about?!? Russia is obviously conceding half of Ukraine for the next 3 to 5 years. It is absolutely gracious of them to allow the people in Ukraine to borrow that territory until Russia feels like actually ruling it again!
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Yewah poor bohy
Should keep negotiation going, don’t make any deal with Krasnov Trump too early. Always say it is due to US betrayal in Budapest Memorandum.
It doesn’t matter, we’ve all had enough of Zelenski.
