Later, Trump still faces difficult obstacles to the search for peace in Ukraine

Last Friday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to get a highly highly cheerful, competition for diplomatic breakthroughs in the batch to end the war of Russia and Krin.

On Monday, six European leaders rushed to Washington, DC, to meet Trump and evaluate the consequences of Putin’s meeting. While the White House gathering was historically, it was also heavy on the discourse and light on tangible progress.

With little to show him from a summit, the pressure on the president who made ending foreign wars increases a major promise to the campaign. But there were two possible developments.

In the White House Confab on Monday, Trump looked open to provide American security guarantees to Ukraine if a deal was concluded. Ukrainians and their European allies are seen as a key component in reaching a solid peace.

On Tuesday morning, Trump surrounded a little, saying that the US commitment may require “air support” instead of American soldiers in Ukraine and that Europe should bear most of the burden.

He also said that the “arrangements” were made for a bilateral summit between Putin and Zellinski – although the site and the details remain in the air – after which he will participate directly in a triple meeting with the two men.

European leaders also want a ceasefire before any bilateral meeting, something that Trump said unlikely.

However, any steps, no matter how small, towards direct negotiations at the leader level between Zelinski and Putin are an achievement.

The simple fact that yesterday’s yesterday’s meetings between Trump and Zelinski and the largest gathering of European leaders were held in a friendly and cooperative manner they are in itself noticeable given the arduous White House visit to Zelinski in February, and the controversial relationships that Trump sometimes had with his European counterparts.

Trump seemed to enjoy being the honorable host in Alaska and in the White House, and his comments indicate that he is looking at war in Ukraine as a key to install it.

“If I can reach heaven, this will be one of the reasons,” he said in a television interview on Tuesday.

But the road to heaven is narrow, as the proverb says, and there are still many obstacles that prevent the end of the war in Ukraine, and not the least of which is that it is still clear that Putin wants to end the war when he achieves progress in the battlefield.

The Russian leader may feel that his position grows stronger over time and that the best strategy is to slow down negotiations while avoiding new US sanctions that may increase the destruction of its economy.

Trump has put these sanctions, which have probably appeared two weeks ago, on an unlimited contract, and it seems legally believed that Putin wants to make a deal.

In special comments on French President Emmanuel Macron, which was taken by a direct microphone, Trump said the same.

“I think he wants to make a deal for me, do you understand that?” Trump said. “It seems crazy.”

It may seem crazy since Putin has continued his uncompromising attacks on Ukraine for nearly four years. It may also seem naive. But the American president puts a great deal of faith in Putin’s supposed intentions.

Even if Putin proves that he is a reliable negotiating partner – a great if – Trump can be a ally of mercury. While the White House meetings went smoothly, it has made a rotation in US foreign policy before and can do so again. Only in the past eight months, his views on Zelinski have been interested in supporting.

A peace that depends on American assurances may not be a constant basis. The efforts made by European leaders sometimes hinted at Trump to build praise on Monday to their concerns about its stormy nature at times.

“I think it is in the past two weeks, we may have more progress in ending this war more than we have during the past three and a half years,” said Finn, Alexander Stop.

The European journey is hurriedly designed to Washington, DC to the Putin Sandwich to reduce his ability to influence Trump’s thinking.

Besides the main players, there is another audio trait in the decision -making process in Trump – its political base that takes “America first”, an unsuccessful discourse.

Any security guarantees, or any commitment to military resources or any new foreign obligations in which Trump may consider reaching a peace agreement by his supporters.

They were uncomfortable during the American strikes on Iran in June, and that was only one night of work. The most permanent American obligations towards Ukraine at a time when a large segment of the nation prefers that focusing inward can put Trump in a difficult position – it may prefer to avoid it completely.

Whatever the progress made, there is still a single basic fact that abandons the American participation in the peace process in the coming days. Trump may want the world – and history – as a peacemaker. But when compared to Europe, Russia, or certainly Ukraine, he has the least limited to it during these negotiations.

In the end, Trump can leave the table. The ability to walk away is also a type of strength.

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