What we know about Trump's plans for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine

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What we know about Trump's plans for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine
kyivindependent.com

In his speech declaring victory in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 6, Donald Trump made no mention of Ukraine yet alluded to just how consequential his second term in office will likely be for the country ravaged by Russia’s invasion.

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How does Trump plan to stop Russia's war against Ukraine?

That's the million-dollar question that is undoubtedly being discussed in capitals worldwide, not least in Kyiv and Moscow.

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it wouldn't end there.

No. But other people’s suffering has never mattered to him.

Never mattered to the Democrats either. No matter who has been in power America's geopolitical ambitions are all that mattered. To Trump, he is the only thing that matters.

While this is true, with the US, their geopolitical ambitions have sometimes aligned with positive developments (Germany, Japan, the Baltic nations and Poland in relatively more recent times). The same cannot be said for say Russia or China.

The same cannot be said for say Russia or China.

How so? Russia doesn't really have global ambitions anymore, but China is invested in seeing a larger global middle class and a weaker Western neocolonial hold over Africa. This can and has lead to positive developments.

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Trump's vision is so myopic that he can't see beyond his own nose. Same for is ability to care. If the US reneges on promises made as detailed in the Budapest Memorandum what chance will they have in other such promises. Countries are watching. This is doubly ironic as Trump keeps talking about nuclear war.

That’s very cynical but not entirely wrong.

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We will almost certainly see more bad news in context of global democracy and rise authoritarianism/plutocracy. Unfortunately, it seems that the US is entering a permanent oligarch-fueled "bread and circuses" phase (Big Macs and iPhones for the modern equivalent?).

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