Shoemaker warns against "classical russian tactics from the Cold War". It involves slow dialog to build a stronger negotiating position. Trump may not really know he's falling into a trap.
— During the Cold War, American leaders frequently resisted engaging in specified protracted processes. They rightly noted that they were serving the Soviets to regroup and make force mechanisms, the so - called levers,” said Shoemaker in a POLITICO interview.
Trump Trap
After 90 minutes of telephone conversation with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin gave the least possible concession, promising to exchange any prisoners and halt attacks on power plants and another "infrastructure" for 30 days. Observers indicate that this could have disastrous effects on Ukraine.
Russia delays the full ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump accepted the proposal to host a US hockey match between the United States and Russia.
Just an hr after we talked. Kiev and another cities in Ukraine were again under Russian attack. Bombardment by drones and rocket missiles will proceed to fall on residential buildings across the country, while the bloody front line to the east will stay a killing zone.
Putin firmly adheres to the impossible conditions of ceasefire by Kiev. He demands, among others, the completion of all abroad military assistance and the sharing of Western intelligence data with Ukraine.
European leaders and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski will have difficulty gathering these conditions — but that does not mean that Trump will yet agree to them.
The president of the United States wrote on social media:
Mutual interest in normalising relations
A week ago, Zelenski and Trump agreed to present Putin with a "immediate" ceasefire proposal for 30 days, ending any fighting and assaults from the air, sea and along the full front line. Trump said he wanted Putin to give a affirmative answer rapidly and insisted that this should happen.
Instead, the Russian dictator stated that essentially supports this idea, but inactive has reservations about how it will work.
MAXIM SHEMETOV / Pool / AFP / AFPVladimir Putin
According to authoritative talks, Russian and American "expert groups" will now meet in the mediate East to effort to respond to any of these "technical" objections and make greater advancement towards a truce.
One of the possibly disturbing signals for Ukraine and its European allies was the speech of the White home statement. Americans effort to paint a affirmative image and are far from pointing fingers at Russian reluctance to start a full ceasefire.
The White home statement, utilizing Donald Trump's language, praised the possible of "large economical deals" between Washington and Moscow.
"Both leaders agreed that the future with improved bilateral relations between the United States and Russia has large advantages," says the statement.
The Kremlin version was even more expansive. It presents Russia as an equally crucial superpower in geopolitical terms as the US. Washington and Moscow, as stated in the Russian declaration, will make "common efforts" on the crisis in the mediate East, while working together on atomic non-proliferation and global security.
"The common interest in normalising bilateral relations has been expressed in the light of the peculiar work of Russia and the United States for ensuring safety and stableness in the world," says the Kremlin discussion summary.
Ice hockey?
One announcement is especially curiosal. The conversation was announced as a turning point in the truce negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Meanwhile, it seems that Trump and Putin spent quite a few time discussing another things.
"A number of ideas have been discussed that aim to make mutually beneficial cooperation in the economy and energy sector. Donald Trump backed Vladimir Putin's thought to organize hockey matches in the USA and Russia between Russian and American players playing in the NHL," says Kremlin statement.
The National Hockey League is an American and Canadian ice hockey league, while the Continental Hockey League includes teams from Russia, Belarus, China and Kazakhstan.
Trump didn't call Zelenski to tell him about the conversation. Instead, the Ukrainian leader had to learn details of the media talk.
— We're skeptical. He has no assurance in Putin," he later told Zelenski journalists.
Before talking to the leaders of the USA and Russia, Zelenski said in his night tv speech that Russia deliberately drags the war.
— Putin has not been able to say yes to the proposal for a ceasefire since the week. He says what he wants, but not what the full planet wants to hear," he said
Zelenski's right. It is inactive unclear whether Trump cares about what Putin hears about the ceasefire. possibly more attention is paid to another agreements that might possibly be concluded with Russia.
