The peace plan announced by Donald Trump in Ukraine is revealed. Expert says it’s ‘terrible’

Donald Trump’s claim that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours apparently involves pushing the country to cede Crimea and the Donbass border region to Russia, sources close to the plan told the Washington Post in Sunday’s edition.

Trump has privately claimed that Russia and Ukraine “want to save face, they want a way out” and that some Ukrainians “would be OK” with being part of Russia, a person who spoke to the Post told the Post. is spoken directly to Trump.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected the possibility of land ceding. Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has entered its third year, with more than 500,000 people killed or seriously injured, according to intelligence estimates.

A Trump campaign spokesperson called the article “speculation” but did not respond to specific questions from the Post about the reported strategy, which would reverse President Joe Biden’s attempt to weaken Russian expansion with military aid to Ukraine. The president’s approach has put him at odds with many Republicans.

Foreign policy experts and at least one prominent Republican senator took a dim view of Trump’s thinking. “He can’t win in the end,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said (according to the Post) of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose aggression would be rewarded if the cession of Ukrainian territory goes through .

Ceding to Russia a ceasefire would also not guarantee Ukraine’s future peace with its neighbor, Emma Ashford, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, told the newspaper. “It’s a terrible deal,” she said of Trump’s alleged proposal.

The former president publicly indicated that he sided with Russia. In February, Trump said he would encourage (Russia) “to do whatever it wants” to NATO countries that haven’t paid their dues.

Trump has repeatedly boasted that he could resolve the war in Ukraine within 24 hours if elected president.

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