The former president’s advisers have presented a plan to end the war started by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A plan by Donald Trump’s advisers to end the war in Ukraine if the former president is reelected has been dismissed by experts as unacceptable to both Moscow and Kyiv.
Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war in Ukraine within a day if he defeats President Joe Biden in November, without presenting evidence of how he would do so.
But one proposal drawn up by Fred Fleitz and retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, who were chiefs of staff in Trump’s National Security Council, involves telling Ukraine it would get more U.S. military support only if it entered peace talks, Reuters reported.
The proposal would also mean warning Moscow that any refusal to negotiate would signify increased American support for Ukraine and would require a ceasefire based on prevailing battle lines, the outlet said.
Gordon « Skip » Davis, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and retired U.S. Army major general, said such a plan is unlikely to impress either side in the conflict.
« I see the proposal as unbalanced in favor of Russia’s aims and likely to reward aggression and brutal violence », he told Newsweek. « Western support is both a critical requirement and a critical vulnerability for Ukraine. Neither the West nor the U.S. and the West combined can exercise similar leverage against Russia.
