Eventually both sides have to get past the talking points and start putting demands to paper.
According to President Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, Ukraine has put forth a draft proposal outlining their general terms for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Now the Trump administration is awaiting a similar draft from the Kremlin.
Once both drafts, what they are calling “term sheets”, are received and reviewed it appears that President Trump will reengage the process and seek to bring both parties to the negotiation table. At least that looks like the general outline.
Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, notably an anti-Russia leaning participant in the construct (worked for Mike Pence), appeared on Fox and Friends earlier this morning to discuss the current status of the issues, against the backdrop of President Trump’s frustration. WATCH:
(Via MSM) – […] “We have received everything we need. The facts are sufficient for action. We do not need any more evidence,” Kellogg said he said on Fox News, speaking about recent developments in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Following the first direct meeting between Ukraine and Russia since the war started in Istanbul on May 16, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin would draw up a draft proposal listing its conditions for a lasting peace, which is due to be released this week.
Once the White House has both documents they will coordinate between the two sides. According to the Ukraine envoy, another round of talks will happen afterward.
‘There is going to be another meeting, and we believe it will probably be in Geneva,’ he said. Ukraine’s allies want the meeting before the June meeting of the G7 countries in Canada, the newspaper La Repubblica wrote.
Russia wants to return to Turkey for a second round of talks with Ukraine, Lavrov said during a joint press conference in Moscow with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on May 27. Earlier, Lavrov dismissed the idea of holding negotiations at the Vatican as unrealistic.
[…] Kellogg previously served as National Security Adviser to former US Vice President Mike Pence and is currently a prominent voice among Republican foreign policy figures shaping Washington’s stance on Ukraine. Vedomosti reports that his statements reflect a broader shift among US officials towards Ukraine after the White House has been criticized for being too soft on Russia since the ceasefire talks kicked off in Riyadh on February 18. ((more)
Retired Magistrate here: Well, it is a start. Peace is certainly the prize. All war does it lead to another war and the only ones who benefit are the manufacturers of the implements of war and of course most politicians.
If Peace is the Prize; the Treaty mustn’t be a Second Versailles!!
For the Peace to be lasting, the CIA must have its wings severely and permanently clipped, and the current leadership of the EU must undergo regime change.
Frankly, in order for MAGA to survive beyond 2028, the CIA must have its wings severely and permanently clipped, and the current leadership of the EU must undergo regime change.
Hence, Presidents Trump and Putin have a common, existential threat they MUST neutralise.
And, neither can accomplish this, without the other. Only thru UNITY can the Globullusts be dethroned.
Well said.
The bottom line and very well said, Dutchman.
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Mr. Trump is negotiating the Deep State while simultaneously trying to dismantle it. Fortunately Mr. Putin knows this and is not reacting to Mr. Trump’s barbs. He and Mr. Trump are going into business together to the surprise of the world.
Exactly. If the CIA remains empowered and funded, they will simply open a new campus for their wars.
They have their own funding from selling weapons, drugs, women and children.
Fear not!
Isaiah 54
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,’
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
11 ‘Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,
your foundations with lapis lazuli.
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be their peace.
14 In righteousness you will be established:
tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
16 ‘See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,’
declares the Lord.
We refute the Deep State lie of tyranny over us, we say their tyranny shall be far from us, we say none of their weapons against God’s People will prosper, we say their attacks will boomerang back on them and we will live in Great Peace because Your Love never fails, Lord, in Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Good to see a post from you!
“the only ones who benefit are the manufacturers of the implements of war and of course most politicians.”
Ah yes…The Merchants of Death.
That’s the truth! Only thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on these days hand in hand is War/killing
Very sad but true!
In no way is peace the prize for this NATO/CIA group. Nor is it their intention.
Peace to them is a loss.
This war will rage on until either Russia completes their take-over of Ukraine or Trump ends our supply of military support.
“We have received everything we need. The facts are sufficient for action. We do not need any more evidence,” Kellogg said;
With his fingers firmly stuck in his ears yelling NA NA NA NA! I can’t hear truth!!
As might be expected from a Pence acolyte.
Kellogg os a scumbag warmonger. And Trump believes in him. I have now very very low expectations from Trump on anything, except his arrogance will continue to astound.
He’s doing it again, he got Milley, a Bushie, Barr, a Bushie, and now he’s getting a RINO war monger because someone in his orbit is lying to him. MacGregor is great, but the warmongers that Trump has put in his staff, hate MacGregor like they hate Putin. It’s sad, because it will hurt Trump’s legacy, and he should be more aware of this. He’s complying with deep state.
Doesn’t seem to me that 47 is living inside an info vacuum. Kellogg was bumped over to Ukraine after Russia refused to deal w/him. Witkoff was his replacement. Neocons have Kellogg on a pedestal, Trump trusts Witkoff, who has been a far more polished negotiator on behalf of the 47 admin, imo. Lots of kayfabe going on.
Isn’t there that bit of information
about Kellogg family member
working for Ukraine…cough..cough
A lot of BS in the article…but the best…
We have shared values with Ukraine 🤢
Exclusive: Gen. Kellogg’s Daughter Talks Charity Work in Ukraine, Relations With Father
Feb 2024
I am definitely Not a fan of Kellogg. 🤬
oops…
Exclusive: Gen. Kellogg’s Daughter Talks Charity Work in Ukraine, Relations With Father
Kyiv Post Feb. 2025
“In addition to providing aid, the foundation also evacuates wounded American volunteers fighting in Ukraine to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for specialized treatment and assists in repatriating the remains of fallen US soldiers.”
One of these days maybe we will find out just how many US soldiers have fallen in this war which our government is waging against our wishes.
“American volunteers”
No, but you don’t have a Marco work with Ukraine, of coarse you put a “Uke sympathetic” negotiator to work with Zman, anyone else would slap the snot out of him, on camera like PDJT, Vance and Marco did in the Oval.
The Ukes and Zmans demands are irrelevant, and its no coincidence that right NOW the EU has gotten a 9 day pause on the imposition of 50% tariff that amounts to a sanction, as it is the EUroweinies and the CIA that keep egging on Zman.
Within 2-3 weeks we should see a resolution of the Iran issue, and the Uke/Russia conflict.
Marco did not participate in that slapdown. Trump and Vance did, then they kicked Zelensky out.
Geneva for the next meeting? Why not Davos? Finding a realistic PEACE is definitely not on the agenda.
I was thinking they could bulldoze another million acres of the Amazon and build a palace for both sides to meet in.
God bless president Trump for trying to be a peacemaker. I understand his frustration with Putin. I have posted my reservations about Putin here before. I am not a neocon, nor am I a Putin apologist.
I just adhere to Washington’s warning to stay out of foreign entanglements.
Problem is Trump as POTUS together with the US is a co-BELLIGERENT on the side of NATO in the conflict with Russia. The only thing he could do was to stop bloodshed in his first 100 days but he didn’t.
Its Trump’s war now.
Hmm. Sounds like perhaps you read Vox Day today?
?? I did, but it wasn’t Vox day that was the inspiration , it was smoothie x
😂🤣😂
That was a nice comedic break. Now, back to the intelligent conversation.
I enjoy good comedy, but have not seen it here. Falcon was spot on. The world knows it.
its remarkable watching us excuse it away, but facts are facts, regardless of WHO pretends to be in charge.
No need to read VOX or any other rag. Trump could have ended it and did not. Does anyone think that Trump understands the root causes of this conflict, even though it has been stated explicitly more times than I can remember. I don’t think so. It is hard to penetrate Trump’s ego. Unless of course you are like Kellogg and have your lips surgically attached to Trump’s backside. Just sayin.
Well it’s also hard to penetrate your innate stupidity.
Of course he does. My goodness some people only speak in talking points. He’s against nato expansion, he’s not tied to ukr territory, he’s for nuclear non proliferation, he’d have no problem with a neutral Ukraine.
Spoken like a true deep stater.
It’s just talking points. I listen to the Duran etc regularly. This is where the “it’s trumps war now” talk comes from
How so?? ,it’s the deep state that wants to continue funding Ukraine
Pretty reasonable. I think Putin is being a bit arrogant. It’s obvious they’re winning the war. But Trump is offering a true reset to normal relations and it seems Putin is slow walking if not down right disrespecting the president
May 20 to 25 Ukraine launched the biggest barrage if drones and missiles into Russia so far. Some were even launched at Putins helicopter and Targeting was provided by the USA. This was BEFORE Russia launched the missiles that caused Trump’s hissy fit at Putin .
The Russian govt stated that they view Trump as blameless in the attack so it would seem they don’t have a negative view of Trump, but I would think any offer of normal relations on Trump’s part is a moot point unless he can get control of the deep state
Little z wants to negotiate a ceasefire fire, not an end to the war. Putin wants to end the war, not negotiate a cease fire. The sooner Trump and everyone else realizes this, the sooner the charade can end and the war can end.
I guarantee you that Putin’s Terms paper will be what has to happen to end the war, NOT a ceasefire. And the two sides will be miles apart on reaching an end to the war.
Putin clearly understands a ceasefire will allow NATO to resupply Ukraine and will allow for more troops to be confiscated and sent to the frontlines. Putin knows the only person in the West that wants the war to stop is President Trump.
Sundance saying all the European longer range weapons need targeting from the US. Can that targeting be given to the Ukranians without Trump’s approval? For me that is the 64,000 dollar question.
correct. Putin issued his “term sheet” several years ago.
If you’re correct, the truth will soon be out there.
Getting rid of the Midget is the only way to stop this war.
The midget will just be replaced by another midget. The war will end when Putin wants it to end, and not a moment sooner. The more they draw it out, the less of Ukraine will be left in the end. Not that they care anything about Ukraine.
Exactly.
I keep praying for an Appomattox .
Generals surrender.
🙏 🙏
Zelensky has been neutralizing
possible political candidates/rivals.
This is just the latest….
Madrid, Spain: Ukrainian ex-politician Andriy Portnov shot dead outside American school | CNN
Getting Z out only helps if President Trump will pull the CIA/military to heel. If he is working on that behind the scenes, fine. The world doesn’t need to see it happen. But whether or not he is successful will be abundantly clear if the war drags on. And if he cannot do it, this becomes President Trump’s War.
We, the Biden administration, caused this war, encouraged this war, supported this war. So we do have a responsibility to make it end. Even if that means letting Russia take whatever part of that country they want. It’s our fault and we need to accept it. The stolen 2020 election is having horrible consequences. Because we couldn’t clean our voter roles and enforce a fair election, hundreds of thousands of people have died. May God have mercy on us. Mercy that we certainly don’t deserve as stupid and corrupt as we’ve let our government become.
https://nordicdefencereview.com/global-conflict-landscape-in-2025-local-wars-and-uprisings/
Based on your position that the war going on in Ukraine is our (US) fault and we own it, are all the conflicts and skirmishes I’ve posted of this article our fault and we own those also?
Spoken like a true warmonger, poking the 2nd most powerful country next to ours in nukes and in space and never expect total chaos. Calling Putin a midget, you sound just like Lindsay. Zelensky is a midget too then, by your standards. They are both short.
Once the White House has both documents, I hope at least the general terms will be made public. That would let people form an idea whether one or both sides are being realistic or just toying around to keep the war going longer.
The comment that “Ukraine’s allies want the meeting before the June meeting of the G7 countries in Canada” sounds to me like they (and Z) want the talks to fail so they can use the G7 meeting for a platform to bash their enemy in the press. In other words, to keep the war going.
Putin has stated the terms repeatedly.
What is the problem…
No one is listening.
🤷♀️ 💁♀️
Trump didn’t even know that Ukraine had attacked Putin’s helicopter last week, he said so to a reporter that asked him. His staff are lying to him and undermining him. You think he knows Putin’s terms?
None of the Russian authorities take Gen Kellog seriously. This is all bread and circuses. Russia has stipulated what they want. And they aren’t in any rush. It’s a slow burn and slow meat grind. They have all the time in the world.
Col MacGregor confirmed today.
Ukraine KIA 1.2-1.5 Million.
Russia KIA 100,000-130,000
Trump no longer in control – Col. McGregor:
I believe Col. Macgregor is a good man. That being said, he is a war fighter, not a world class negotiator.
Even I -do not take Kellogg seriously 😐
He is a Cold War neocon.
Russia has stated ad nauseum their terms.
🤷♀️ 💁♀️
Zelinski has no cards so will have to be reasonable at some point. Putin has lots of cards, so he doesn’t.
Zelensky and his admirers won’t be “reasonable” as long as the US is funding him. Trump should call his bluff.
Not only funding. PDT should direct the DOD to shutdown US satellites that are used for targeting. Leaving the warmongering EU trash blind would likely end things pretty fast
“Zelinski … will have to be reasonable at some point.
Not gonna happen.
Zelinski holds these cards: 1) EU/UK hatred for all things Russian, 2) Lindsey Graham and others in the republican party who hate all things Russian. 3) the sufficient support of the people of Ukraine, 4) the support of his army.
If Trump can stick with Russia, which is what he seems to want to do, there is going to be a proverbial seismic shift in relationships between him and the parties mentioned above.
I would add this: the scenario today unfolding was never supposed to happen. This scenario was anticipated and was to be snuffed out at Butler PA.
It does not seem to be a good way to get back together by calling Putin crazy and threatening total devastation for Russia if Russia does not stop “Tout de Suite”! Trump passed by the freeway exit ramp for this conflict months ago.
Ha. People said similar, when PDJT called Kim Fatboy and my buttons bigger and works.
As I recall, that was just before the major break in the negotiations…
Butler killer and the Ukrainian agent at the golf course in Florida, he of the 16 cellphones the useless FBI cannot open.
His cards are our IC who started the war, and it won’t end until they decide it should end. Too bad the Ukrainians don’t throw them out for destroying their country! I believe our IC set up and encouraged the Ukrainian Avov Nazis to kill ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine triggering the Russian invasion. Hope was to destroy Russia using Samantha Power and Gloria Newland to break up Russia using color revolutions! I don’t believe President Trump is in a position to reel in the IC just yet and end our proxy war especially since the IC probably set up his first two assassins! Godspeed President Trump our Peacemaker!!! JMO. Most of what all I say if it makes sense is based on previous Sundance’s posts!
I don’t believe President Trump is in a position to reel in the IC just yet and end our proxy war especially since the IC probably set up his first two assassins!
Glad you pointed out the Deep State behind the curtain running U.S. foreign policy. President Trump is well aware, from experience, what he could expect if he had ended the war soon after his inauguration, which is why I believe he didn’t do it and hasn’t done it. I’m hoping for the defeat of the Deep State, rather than merely bringing it under control, if that’s what you mean. President Trump in this situation reminds me of the second labor of Hercules slaying the Hydra, a monstrous serpent with nine heads. I pray for his safety, and the safety of his family and close associates, every day.
PDJT “didn’t do it and hasn’t done it” because he CAN’T do it. It’s not up to him. Those campaign promises to end the war on the first day of his new administration were just bluster. Putin knows this and won’t cower.
Now that Germany has taken the leading role for Europe, escalation seems certain.
Of course I voted for Trump but things aren’t going as I had hoped in several ways–this war and the piling up of more debt with a “big beautiful bill” being the two major ones.
I believe your beliefs are true and I hope to God President Trump similarly believes.
The USA is a partner in the war. The USA is running the war, it is funding it, and supplying the weapons. Trump has no way to force Russia to do anything that goes against their interests. Lavrov says it plainly at 8:48
Kellogg Korn Flakes and Pasty Pence are birds of a feather. I hope someone President Trump trusts is keeping an eye on Kellogg.
Why isn’t Trump doing it?
What is unhelpful is anyone putting their finger on the scale.
The sooner this charade stops the better…how difficult is it for Trump to simply pull the plug on all CIA aid to Ukraine including battlefield intelligence and weapons? Without US help, Ukraine will suffer even bigger losses
Trump is getting “frustrated” with Putin…while the Deep State has actually frustrated Trump from any possible chance at peace…the track record of US Presidents who stood up to the CIA/National security apparatus is 0-2.
Looks like Trump is going to lose here to the Deep State yet again
The Deep State and Ukrainians are dangerous killers.
Only one way for this to end is for Russia to fulfill all its objectives on the battlefield and a full unconditional surrender of Ukraine.
The US pretending to be a neutral party in all of this is taking a lot of acting and pretending.
Just go ahead and apply those Lindsay Graham “bone crushing” sanctions onto the world I would say.
Lets get it over with.
Plain silly theatrics at this point. I suppose Trump must keep on playing until the point that his beautiful big deficit bill is approved by Senate.
This is my view at least.
I agree with a lot of what you say. All of this blather on Truth social is getting old. It seems like the only one who understands the facts on the ground is Putin. Everyone else is spewing nonsense with no connection to reality.
The fact of the matter is that Putin will dictate the outcome here, and no one else. I thought President Trump understood that reality coming in, but it appears not. And I think the culprit is this Kellogg neocon.
Again, as in Term One, a corrupt neocon snake has Trump’s ear, and he just doesn’t see it. It’s beyond frustrating, and it makes him look so bad, and so inconsistent.
And apparently, no one will step in to intercede, which is another frustration I remember from the first term. Where’s Vance? Or the “new” Rubio? Gabbard? Anyone?
Trump is evidently getting sandbagged on the Ukraine war by his advisors because his comments on the war are off 180 degrees from reality.
As someone said below: ‘Its Trump’s war now.’
I would think that if Trump set terms with a hard deadline for Zelensky to put on paper a realistic cease fire proposal that the Russians would accept with the condition that it has to happen by the deadline date or ALL U.S. aid will cease the next day, Zelensky would have no choice.
It’s a proxy war and can’t be fought without other countries funding it.
Whether Congress or the judiciary would allow Trump to do it is the question.
Russia needs a ceasefire, like it needs a hole in the head. Russia is winning.
The victors dictate the terms, and the losers accepts them, if they don’t, then the war continues until they concede.
Any ceasefire will absolutely be violated by Ukraine, once they have rearmed, and deployed EU troops.
A ceasefire will end all hope for a permanent, and lasting peace.
Truth.
👍 👍 👏 👏 👍 👍
👊 👊
It took 2 years of negotiations to
get the Korean DMZ.
Fighting continued during that time.
Ukraine has already proven it does
not honor ceasefires. 💁♀️🤷♀️
We started this War in 2014 in Maidan square and before that with the Clinton and Bush NATO expansion. We can end it by walking away. The British and Europeans want to destroy Russia but we should not fight for them yet again. Been there, done that. Germany can try marching into Kursk again with its friends as last time in Stalingrad and the British Navy can take Crimea.
ZERO percent chance of a peace deal. Kellogg should have never been hired. Zelensky, and Europe are actively sabotaging any peace. Germany is providing long range missiles! I don
t know why Trump still has CIA providing targets, or how he didnt know Putin was targeted in a drone strike days ago. Trump was elected to get us out of this mess. WALK AWAY!!!Robert Barnes made an appearance on the Duran yesterday where he made what I think is a noteworthy comment. He said what President Trump says publicly, like his recent criticism of Putin, is posturing in order to obtain leverage. So, the comment about Putin being “crazy” is made to satisfy the Deep State (which is working hard to prevent a rapprochement between the U.S. and Russia). While the statement by Peskov, the Russian press secretary, suggested President Trump was reacting emotionally to Russia’s most recent strikes.
Kellogg is claiming Russia in these recent strikes “indiscriminately killed women and children,” which President Trump also said, while Ukrainian sources are saying there were no casualties (per Alex Christoforou @ Duran). Hmm
President Trump must not be frustrated with President Putin but with Kellogg and Zelensky and their scheming. Neither of these men care about the hundreds of thousands perhaps a million Ukrainian men who died and as many injured.
All our friends in Washington DC, Langley, Wall Street, and now the White House should read, once and for all, and understand Russia’s profound aspirations, announced in 2007 by President Putin.
For the shared intelligence that unites us at Sundance, read, from an official source, here:
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/copy/24034
It’s so clear. Except for those who remain in denial and cognitive dissonance induced by fateful propaganda.
President Trump should read this personally, without Rubio, or any other “advisor”.
Personally, I think that Kellogg was one of the worst choices that President Trump made. Kellogg’s political views do not lend themselves to anything that Putin will accept.
Kellogg is strictly relegated to Ukraine
After they decide on the size, shape and form of the table, the buisness of chairs and seating arrangements can be addressed. The discussion of room decor will be decided by ritualistic combat and the brand of pen and paper will be decided by Traditional American Indian Wrestling.
Meanwhile on the battlefield the Russian Steamroller is gaining momentum while the EU leaders have received a fresh batch of black Vietnamese heroin.
Pictures at 11.
The Ukraine is a loser for Trump and he desperately needs to distance himself from Ukraine. Russia is going to dictate the peace and there will be no ceasefire. The duplicity of we the USA and Europe have poisoned the trust needed for peace. Putin has made his goals and demands clear from the beginning and the only way Ukraine and the west accept those conditions is total defeat of Ukraine. Kellogg is a neocon moron who needs to be fired yesterday. Anyone associated with Pence should have no place in Trump’s administration.
Spot on. There is no trust left—zero. I understand that Trump meant well and tried to achieve a geopolitical realignment by pulling Russia away from China, which exploits Russia just as it exploits the United States—always behind a friendly mask. But Trump has failed and is not willing to risk his presidency over what is, by and large, a European problem.
He was unable to neutralize the intelligence community assets that are effectively fighting Russia on Ukraine’s behalf.
But the biggest issue is not the Russo-Ukrainian conflict per se. The real problem is what Trump’s apparent failure reveals: he was unable to rein in the rogue federal government.
He is hemorrhaging prestige because everyone now sees him as largely impotent, isolated, and not in control.
I am not writing him off completely just yet, but I think it will go downhill from here. The whole tariffs sheit show without corresponding tax incentives for manufacturers, his inability to work with the legislature and cut costs, the incompetent knuckleheads in charge of the DoJ and FBI, the radical judiciary. Yes, he removed transgenders from the military and we will not see drag queens paraded through D.C. anytime soon, but the corrupt government has managed one thing: the Trump machine has come to a halt. It is stuck. And there is no real path forward without decisive actions he may no longer be willing to take after what happened to him in Butler, PA.
Everyone is forgetting that the IC community and its EU comrades don’t want peace, and that President Trump is not in control. You can put terms in writing on paper all you want but it means nothing given the dynamics of the adversaries.
I no longer trust, nor believe, whatever is coming out of this administration. It’s all theater and no substance. Trump is running around shooting off the hip complaining about Putin bombing Antonov drone factory in Kiev without knowing that Putin was near assassinated. I will not even bother to start entertaining the idea if the shoe was on the other foot.
All in all, it’s a great disappointment. Big on talk and very short on substance. I had a glimmer of hope that he learned from his first term and will be on a lookout for those, who do not tell him the truth, especially in his close circles. Shame on me for believing.
Oh how far our hopes have fallen since Nov. 5th, 2025. Less than six months into his 2nd term, and PDJT is struggling.
At least the border is secure…
The question is, if you and I read, why can’t he? I imagine the President has access to the internet.
I got a lot of flak for criticizing Douglas Macgregor, but here is his take on the recent development
Are you guys going to abandon him because of his take on President Trump?
Macgregor is a Colonel. His battlefield advice is good, his big picture advice is lacking.
What is wrong with his take on this particular issue? Has President Trump not changed his tune? Is he not preparing for an exit, blaming his failure to “make peace” on Putin and Zelensky? Has he been able to prevent (potentially rogue) elements within the U.S. government and IC from providing weapons and tactical intel support such as targeting systems to the Ukrainian side?
Even though I do not like Macgregor, I really cannot find a flaw in his logic based on facts—except perhaps for his misguided attempt to tie Israel into it somehow at the end of the video. But then again, nearly every one of his tactical or strategic analyses ends up blaming Israel or the Jews, directly or indirectly, which in my opinion destroys his credibility.
These are very difficult negotiations, but in the final analysis the United States is definitely a driving force. In the end, the USA will have to withdraw its support, and stop its CIA from continuing it. As long as the M-O-N-E-Y is flowing, the war will continue. To the USA, Ukraine is and always has been a gigantic laundry.
I think that Trump is sincere in his efforts to drive the two parties to the table, but the USA must sit there, too.
I flatly disagree with MacGregor that “Trump is no longer in control.” To the warmongers in Washington, this would be their “Thirty Years’ War,” and they would sell to it happily. (“War Is A Racket.”) But this is a situation that could with the slightest spark flash into a genuine “WW3.” It has been eighty years since the last “Grand European War,” and did you notice that Germany wants to build its military back up again . . . ?
The most important thing that Trump is now forcibly doing, as President, is to drive the situation in a different direction.
Mike Robinson: “The most important thing that Trump is now forcibly doing, as President, is to drive the situation in a different direction.”
What direction is he driving it in? Is the diplomatic steering wheel having any effect whatsover on the course of this war, which is towards an inevitable Russian victory won on Putin’s terms?
A powerful sense of nationalism among a majority of Russia’s citizens is the most important driving force pushing this war towards its inevitable conclusion. Nothing that NATO and the CIA can do will change this fact.
Putin and the senior Kremlin leadership know that if they don’t produce a Russian victory on Russia’s terms, they will be replaced by a more strongly nationalistic Russian leadership which will have no qualms about getting the job done regardless of the price to be paid on the battlefield.
Russia is immune to western sanctions. Putin and his senior leadership know that if they don’t deliver a victory on Russia’s terms, they themselves will become casualties of this war. How is Donald Trump going to change the basics of the situation?
They are not immune to sanctions. They planned to pivot to China, which clearly did not fully work out. They have some juice left, but no more than a year, possibly two, before it gets really bad. Their economy is crumbling, albeit slowly, and it did not collapse as the West predicted. So it is a gamble for Putin too. He is on borrowed time, and he is not invincible even though he may feel like it. They need to show something. So far, they have taken only a very small sliver of Ukrainian territory, which was definitely not worth the problems. People cannot travel. Private businesses are going under or being taken over by the government mob. No freedoms. People go to jail for the mildest critique of the regime. They had 30+ years of relative freedom, not the U.S. style, but average European-style freedom. A lot of people are very unhappy.
It is not like Tucker says it is. He is a buffoon. But they are on the side of truth. We forced them into this war.
Agree.
Not sure Trump is able to stop the IC as their funding sources are not limited to the government. Therefore, Trump holds no leverage, and I see no incentives for them to stop either.
Germans… Well, I once published a paper on Germany—they are a systemic risk. They have learned nothing. All mea culpa was mostly performative. The attack vector changed; the character did not. They went from tanks to militant, aggressive environmentalism and pacifism—now back to “tanks” again. The ideological capture is the problem. They are “religious” zealots without a religion.
So, where is Steve Witkoff? Is this a paradigm shift?
Witkoff has been dealing with Iran and is still his envoy/lead negotiator for RU/ukr. Kellogg is only representative of the Ukrainian side. That’s why Trump moved him from RU/ukr envoy to UKR envoy
Ok, thanks, Frank. 👍
In the end, “Zelensky will have to go.” I long expected him to have already received the “Mussolini treatment.” He and his European backers don’t want peace, but his backers also want to hide behind the Ukranians even as those Ukranians are ground into dust. Eventually, that is going to crack. There must be some real Ukranians out there someplace who want to take their country back, even if it is now smaller.
Kellogg needs to GTFO
Scott Adams looked at the inexplicable actions of Putin and decided it was so far out of character that he must be responding to something we aren’t aware of. Do you think it’s possible the CIA attempted to assassinate Putin to spur this response?
What is inexplicable about Putin’s actions? He seems to be the only one in all this whose actions are explicable.
The story line is that attacks were launched without related provocation. That’s somewhat new. Was there provocation about which we aren’t allowed to know?
Congress and the federal bureaucracy are rabidly anti-Russian, which is why they broke the law and rigged our elections to try to keep Trump out of office.
Read the article above closely.
The Russians are preparing a “DRAFT LASTING PEACE PROPOSAL”, while the NATO-Ukraine (including the hypocritical US) is still stuck on the BS nits of a “CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT”. These are NOT the same, but just a repeat of the same wash-rinse-repeat cycle of the war profiteers.
This is going to be another dead end for President Trump until he wises up to pull the plug on NATO’s efforts in the Ukraine and Z-Man.
The entire announcement by President Trump’s Team is utterly disingenuous as the Russians clearly stated their “CEASE FIRE TERMS” over 2-months ago. It should read that the Ukrainians and NATO have finally put their demands on paper for the first time since President Putin offered a “NO PRE-CONDITIONS PEACE CONFERENCE” over 2 months ago, which was refused by NATO and the Ukraine without their BS Cease Fire rounds of discussion.
It is now obvious that there are REAL DEADLY Red Lines in front of President Trump.
He understands every bit of the comment I made above as well as being totally aware of the simultaneous corruption of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch and Professionals running the DoD, INTEL and DoJ.
Thus, pulling the plug may be one of those lines.
He faces 2017-2020 all over again but vs a foe who will not hesitate to eliminate or remove him, family and friends if he goes too far on any issue.
What if Trump got Putin to agree to a 6 month ceasefire, to afford Ukraine time to hold a new election? Would it put enough domestic pressure on Zelensky to force him to agree? Ukrainians could re-affirm their confidence in Zelensky, or choose a new leader they think might better negotiate on behalf of the Ukrainian people (rather than the EU/CIA). One problem would be whether Trump could curtail CIA manipulation of the election results. Another would be keeping Zelensky from immediately firing missiles at Moscow, in a self-serving act to force Putin to break the ceasefire, and save the war from ending.
This would be another Futile LOST 6-months of time for president Trump as 2026 and 2028 loom.
Z-Man is well enough supported and secured by the US, NATO and Ukraine Power Brokers to persist in his NO Elections per the Emergency Decree that the “revised” Ukrainian Constitution” states can be delayed until AFTER the war.
This was hashed out in public for the past 2 months.
How stupid would Russia have to be to accept a cease-fire when the Ukraine will use it to re-arm and re-supply its troops and harden its defenses. Right now, Russia is beginning a Summer Offensive to finish what Putin announced, in June 2024, what Russia would do in absorbing Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donets’k, and Luhans’k. Russia’s actions should not come as any surprise. The threat/incentive of Russia, in addition to the four oblasts, would encorporate Odessa, Mykolaiv, Dneipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv. The Russian army has already made footholds in Sumy and NE of Kharkiv. If Sumy is captured, it is a grand, straight road to Kiev. What will it take for Zelensky to say, “Uncle”? I would believe that Zelenskiy wanted peace if he would publicly state that Crimea is Russia now and Russia forever and that, at some later date, he won’t try to re-take it. He can’t do that as Azov NAZIs would hunt him down. He does not plan to negotiate. He only wants a ceasefire because he is losing badly and to stall making any concessions. If it were the other way ’round, the West, and its Ukrainian muppets, would procede to Moscow if they could.
Your opening sentences encapsulate the “terms” for a Cease fire put forward by the Russians over 2-monts ago. It is the reason Russians wanted to skip BS Cease Fire Talks to proceed directly to Unconditional PEACE TALKS.
If Ukraine sends a proposal, its probably signed with an autopen. Little Big pockets can’t be trusted even in writing.
Russia and Ukraine are the star players but the supporting actors are many. Better remember who has the big bombs and its not just Russia. Other countries enter for Ukraine gives license for the other side to do the same fpr Rissoa. Better remember who has the stick in wack a mole.
Like it or not, the Ukraine war is now Trump’s. NO MORE EXCUSES. He could man up and announce a total end of support for Ukraine, including what CIA and other involvement he can control. Call it a war started by Obama/Biden. Let EU own their proxy war.
Keith
Envisions
Long
Lonely
Obsession
Glorifying
Globalism
Sick of these kinds of people pretending not to know stuff.
Sundance, as reported in RT many times, Russia completed their term sheet long before Kiev, did, as a matter of fact Kiev asked to see the Kremlins, so they could make their own. There is so much disinfo on what Putin and the Kremlin are doing. I believe Kellogg or the CIA with Kellogg’s help is intentionally misinforming Trump and his Appointees. Kellogg was never an objective Envoy, it was so bad Russia asked that he be sent to Kiev instead of being posted at the Kremlin. No one involved in this and the military years ago, must especially old soldiers should be involved. Almost all of them still consider Russia the biggest danger in the world.
Is “This is Trump’s war” the new “Ambushed”?
Lots of commenters quoting their favorite podcaster today.