Message #48186

[mccoy]

Steve, intuition is all right and it is all right not to like a specific person. I too did not like Mr. Trump 8 years ago but the extreme demonization his adversaries have inflicted on him is not up to par with his materialistic and boastful personality or with what he has done and to me had the effect of making him a victim and reason as to why he received so disproportionately many attacks.

This morning I've listened to Trump's answers after his speech in Mar a Lago. As I recall, he didn't directly blame Zelenski for the war, but for having refused any negotiations from 2022. Also, he told that Zelenski has no longer has full support of the population and that he is ruling merely by martial law, further elections having been postponed.

Of course Zelenski had some reasons not to negotiate, but on the other hand, as foreseen 3 years ago by some military people I was listening to, a long war of attrition can only be lost by Ukraine. The USA is no longer willing to send funds, Europe alone will not suffice. Zelenski did not foresee this evidently.

As to the POTUS' words, if they were pronounced with a conscious reasoning, I would say they are a manifestation of a genius of political negotiations.

But I'm more inclined to think that this has been an unconscious stroke of genius. These words are making peace possible. Trump repeats what Putin says. Putin repeats what Trump says. This means the two are attuned to this specific issue and peace is pretty close. I want to hope that America will be able to end up with reasonably fair conditions, not too unfavorable for Ukraine.

Unfortunately, Zelenski is out. He will have to accept the results, whatever they are. If not, the fate of his nation is sealed, it will be destroyed. He has been a hero and is now part of the legend, but he should recognize that presently there very little hope to keep all his territories and entering NATO.