Trump gives Putin the "green light" over his war with Ukraine

In my last blog entry I wrote that,

"As his global "tariff" strategy accumulates ongoing failures and criticisms in the US and throughout the world, is Trump now going to ensure that Putin succeeds in demanding the complete capitulation of Ukraine in Putin's raging war with Ukraine, simply to "save face"? (blog entry : 17 April 2025)

It is now reported by Alice Scarsi (left) and Jon King (right) that,

"Details of Donald Trump's plan to bring peace to war-torn Ukraine have reportedly been unveiled. The proposals were revealed hours after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested the White House was ready to "move on" from its efforts to end the conflict should progress not happen quickly.

An outline of the plan was shared during talks in Paris on Thursday, according to European officials cited by Bloomberg. According to the same publication, Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia would remain under Moscow’s control. Kyiv’s aim to join NATO would be off the table. The plan also includes easing sanctions on Russia if there is a lasting ceasefire." (Express : 18 April 2025) (my emphasis)

Sky News: 18 April 2025: YouTube

And as "ACCAR" Trump reveals his plan of the complete capitulation of Ukraine to Putin's demented 'Novorossiya' demands in his proposals for a 'peaceful' end to Putin's war with Ukraine,

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  James Saunders (left) reports that, "Donald Trump is ready to recognise Crimea as Russian soil in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky's post-war hopes, according to fresh reports.
  
  Sources familiar with negotiations have revealed that formally handing the territory to Vladimir Putin, 11 years after his troops invaded it, is set to form part of a broader peace deal between Russia and Ukraine." (GB News: 18 April 2025) (my emphasis),
• and Putin's 'glove puppet', Dmitry Medvedev, once again ranted that, "...... any European peacekeepers sent to Ukraine would return in coffins. Dmitry Medvedev issued the warning after US officials met with a coalition of European leaders in Paris to discuss security in Ukraine. (Sarah Barltrop: Express: 18 April 2025) (my emphasis)
  

Most significant of "ACCAR" Trump now preparing to give the "green light" to Putin to do as he now wishes with Ukraine is the fact that,

"Kyiv and Washington have a signed a memorandum of intent (Reuters: Full Memorandum Text) pledging to advance an agreement on an investment fund for Ukraine’s natural resources and energy assets, officials familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.

The officials said the memorandum had been signed “virtually” and they hoped to finalise the full economic accord as early as the end of next week." (Christopher Miller and Guy Chazan: Financial Times: 17 April 2025) (my emphasis)

 I am somewhat reminded of the late Auberon Waugh, who recounted the dilemma of the Chinese button viz.,

“Press the button and a Chinese man drops dead in China. Nobody will ever tell you his name or worry you about the circumstances, but you will receive £1 million in the post the next day. Do you press the button?” (Melanie McDonagh (left): The Times: 15 August 2007)

Trump, practically giving Putin the "green light" to continue with his barbaric war in Ukraine (cf Sky News: Sumy bombing by Putin) and causing untold Ukrainian people to die, is akin to him "pressing the button" and causing the deaths of those Ukrainians", simply to receive the riches of the mineral wealth beneath the soil of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera: 14 April 2025: YouTube

UPDATE: 19 April 2025: 10.38 GMT 

It has just been reported by James Waterhouse (left) that,

"It had been hoped by Ukraine that America's growing impatience with Russia would translate into further sanctions for Moscow. Instead, the threat of the US washing its hands of the ongoing peace efforts suits the Kremlin more than Kyiv.
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What it has done is launch some of the deadliest missile strikes on civilians in recent days (cf Sky News: Sumy bombing by Putin). In Kharkiv in the north-east, more than 100 people were injured and one person was killed after three struck a residential part of the city.
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But [Putin's] attacks have not brought the slightest condemnation from the White House, which has continued to use more of a stick with Kyiv, by pausing military aid, and a carrot with Moscow, by improving relations, to get both sides to mirror its appetite for peace." (BBC News: 19 April 2025) (my emphasis)

'ACCAR' Trump and "The Button".

 

 

 

(to be continued)