Donald Trump might never deliver the conversation performance that he and his followers were hoping for. My PJ Media partner Matt Margolis nailed it when he wrote that Trump’s achievement was “undisciplined.’
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Yet, when asked directly about the conflict in Ukraine, the former senator was strong and complex in his reaction.
Moderator David Muir asked Trump”, You have said you would resolve this conflict in 24 days. You made that statement just before the crack now. What would you do to accomplish that? Do you want Ukraine to win this war, and I want to ask you one simple question evening.
That’s two completely unrelated issues, but no individual’s keeping score on that front. Trump’s claim that he wanted Ukraine to “win” the battle is absurd is. Does Trump want Ukraine to continue to be a royal position? Of course, he does. You either side” succeed” the war? Given the impasse over the past year and a half, that’s highly questionable.  ,
Trump responded” I want the conflict to quit” as any reasonable person does. No one is aware of the body rely on either side, but it’s likely close to 100, 000 battle fatalities per year. The number of residents made migrants in their own state is approaching , 4 million.  ,
Eastern Ukraine is a moonscape. The business is a disaster. According to the World Bank, rebuilding Ukraine will cost at least$ 480 billion. I do n’t have to tell you which nation is going to offer the most money for reconstruction.
Ukraine has continue to be a royal state. Russia is unable to escape with direct brutality. However, Ukraine is unable to beat Russia in a weapons test. The only way for Ukraine to win this conflict and win is through U.S. and NATO’s support. And joining a conflict with nuclear-armed Russia is crazy.
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” I know]Ukrainian President Volodymyr ] Zelenskyy very well and I know Putin quite nicely, Trump said. ” I have a great marriage. And they value your leader. OK? They have regard for me. They do n’t respect Biden. Would you have any regard for him? Why? For what reason? He has n’t even made a phone call in two years to Putin”.
” I will get it settled before I actually become leader. If I win, when I’m president-elect, and what I’ll do is I’ll talk to one, I’ll talk to the other, I’ll get them together”, Trump continued.
” Just to clarify the problem”, Muir asked, “do you believe it’s in the U. S. best objectives for Ukraine to win this war? Yes or no”?
” I believe that getting this combat finished and just get it done is in the best interests of the United States.” All straight. Communicate a bargain. Because we have to prevent all of these individual lives from being destroyed”, Trump replied.
Has Joe Biden been questioned about his approach to negotiations with Hamas? Was Harris’s negotiation approach in Ukraine something Muir even thought about? Did Muir inquire of Harris about how, in God’s name, did Ukraine beat Russia?
Trump brought up the issue of Russian nuclear weapons, which Biden and his whole administration dance around and never really tackle.
Trump was likewise exceedingly clear about something Trump and most U. S. leaders dance around — Russia’s atomic deterrence — and signaled that in his assessment, it’s not for cornering Putin.
” He’s got a thing that other people do n’t have. He’s got atomic arms. They do n’t ever talk about that. He’s got atomic weaponry”, Trump said. Nothing ever considers that. And finally, uh, probably he’ll use them. Maybe he has n’t been that threatening. But he does own that. Something we do n’t even like to talk about. Nothing enjoys talking about it.
And despite Harris and Biden’s public support for Ukraine, Trump is saying slowly that a negotiated resolution to the conflict may finally be in all factors ‘ interests.
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What Trump has been saying for two decades is slowly being adopted by the Biden leadership. After Russian forces have occupied the majority of the Donbass territory in Eastern Ukraine, perhaps Putin now seems to be aiming for a negotiated resolution. Although his asking price for the beginning may be too high, it would be a launch.
This rah-rah searching for Ukraine’s success is strange. Trump is right in never clamoring for an unattainable “victory,” knowing that the only way to achieve it is by sending American troops to Ukraine to win.
And no one wants to be informed of the repercussions of a US action against Russia.
