Trump changes the position of Ukraine after the meeting of Putin, peace, elusive

I am with President Trump: “There is no agreement before there is an agreement.”

And now that he has changed his position and is put on the side openly with Vladimir Putin, despite the vehement objections of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who visited the White House yesterday, an agreement seems rather elusive.

Putin’s interest in peace is underlined by his continuous bombardment of Ukraine, the country he has illegally invaded, with the last round of 10 people. That is to say, the Kremlin dictator has no imaginable interest in peace, except in his maximalist terms.

Listen, I’m rooted for Trump. If he can somehow square the circle of this brutal and bloody war, and put an end to things, he will deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. And Hillary said she would name him.

Here is the “biggest difference” between the two visits to the White House of Zelenskyy

But the negative criticisms of the Alaska sitdown stored Trump and prompted him to attack Fake News on Truth Social:

“If we had the summit elsewhere, the democratic race and the controlled media would have said what it was terrible. These people are sick!”

Okay, he doesn’t like the press. Except that we know now, thanks to his comments in flight to Bret Baier de Fox, that he likes the fight, comparing it to a golf game. Journalists all try to make him a mistake. If he does no news, he wins. If he says something that breaks the news, he did not put the ball in the hole and they had it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks with the political anchor of Fox News Bret Bret Bare in a Kharkiv hospital after visiting wounded soldiers and awarding them medals for their service. (Special relationship with Bret Baier)

I watched Sunday morning when Zelenskyy and senior European officials said that only Russia could end the war and that Ukraine would not give up the Donbas region, which is home to more than 200,000 people.

As General Wesley Clark told me on “Media Buzz”, once you have exceeded the Donbas region, it is a “forehand” for kyiv, so the Braves Ukrainians, who retained the much larger Russian war machine, would be defenseless.

It is slightly encouraging that media reports say that Putin has accepted the need for security forces to protect Ukraine, which means that Europeans – and the United States – would send troops for a peacekeeping unit.

When Steve Witkoff’s special envoy, who was in the room during the Putin session, was asked about Trump’s change of position, I thought he would deny it, but he did not do it. This confirms that the stories are true and certainly complicates things.

Trump collapses with the European leader during Ukraine talks about key stages towards peace

The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said during the weekend that Trump “said himself that a cease-fire was his most important and highest priority. So it was a joint request, which did not occur now. We would indeed have hoped for a ceasefire first. The Russian part was obviously will not be ready to do so.”

So, what exactly Putin is giving up? Nothing, as far as I can see. Each day, constantly, it is another day when the accused war criminal is cement his battlefield gains.

And, in these circumstances, Trump expects the president of Ukraine to join a trilateral meeting with him and Putin?

Responding to Peter DOOCY de Fox, Trump said: “I think that if everything works well today, we will have a trilat and I think there will be a reasonable chance to end war when we do it.”

US President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the midst of negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, the White House in Washington, DC, United States, August 18, 2025. (Reuters / Alexander Draco)

Zelenskyy, who has repeatedly congratulated Trump – he was not going to make the same mistake twice after being expelled from the White House after her fusion in February – learned that “we live the attacks every day. You know, that today, a year and a half.

“We must therefore arrest this war, to stop Russia. And we have to support American and European partners who will do our best, for that. So, and I think we show that we are strong people and we support the idea of the united personnel system, President Trump to arrest this war, to make a diplomatic way to finish this war. And we are ready to be trilateral.”

Back in Alaska, Trump begins the week with crucial discussions on foreign policy on the Ukraine War

Now it amazed me. He is ready to sit with Putin and Trump after insisting on a ceasefire first-who was also the president’s position until he returned and abandon him after the place with the accused war criminal?

So what was the atmosphere afterwards?

“I am optimistic that collectively, we can achieve an agreement that would dissuade any future aggression against Ukraine,” said Trump. He added: “I have the feeling that you and President Putin will work something.”

President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte and the president of the European Commission Ursula Leyen poses for a family photo. House in Washington, August 18, 2025. (Alexander Drago / Reuters)

Zelenskyy “praised the specific constructive meeting”, adding: “There are many people in prison. So we need them and guarantees that will work during the years. We have talked about it and I showed many details on the battlefield, on the map.”

But Putin, who considers Zelenskyy as an illegitimate leader, assisting?

All the chatter on the red carpet and other atmospheres does not make sense. Yes, Zelenskyy wore a costume, although military style.

We should all root Trump. Even if he does not face and the war goes out, it can only end with a negotiated regulation.

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At one point, Trump detached from the session and called Putin, rather than waiting afterwards.

Trump posted that it was “a very good early step” and that early could be the word operating. War could certainly light up. But it cannot end on the battlefield. We could not have gone so far without Trump’s unique preference for leader’s leader discussions, even if he now turns openly with Vladimir Putin. Sometimes this produces results and sometimes this is not the case, as with Kim Jong-un. But that gave him – and we – a blow.