US President Trump approached Vladimir Putin, Russia, on Wednesday, to end the war in Ukraine.
US president Donald Trump does not think of Ukraine or European security, says former Moscow ambassador Hannu Himanen. Instead, he thinks he would get the crown of the peace maker for his shrinkage, Himanen said in the evening of the evening.
At the same time Trump is stepping on the Russian president Vladimir Putin trap.
– The way Trump has acted is seen as a sign of great weakness in Russian thinking.
Trump approached Putin on Wednesday on Wednesday about the end of the Ukrainian war. This has been considered a victory for Russia.
According to Himanen, Trump imagines that he should attract Putin to peace talks, but in fact he gives Putin to define the rules of the game.
– The Russians know this game, Himanen said.
Security guarantees in a big role
Also an international policy expert Risto Ej Penttilä It is possible that Trump is about to enter Putin’s trap. However, he has more faith in Trump’s tactics.
– I wouldn’t consider Russia so strong. It would be strange that Trump, who wants to always be the winner in these deals, would go to Putin’s trap and sell Ukraine and Europe.
Although in the Western world the actions of the United States have been worried, Penttilä says it is also possible that the negotiations would achieve a “acceptable OK situation”.
– It is possible to achieve a compromise where no one receives the Nobel Prize, but Putin does not become a big winner either.
In practice, according to Penttilä, this could resemble a situation that was achieved after the wars in the Korean Peninsula between Southern and North Korea or in Europe between western and eastern Germany.
What does Trump and Putin’s call follow and do Ukraine and the EU end up just looking at the situation? See the A-Talk Arena throughout Thursday night.