Bogdan Frolov17:50, 22.02.25

A former adviser to the US Secretary of State spoke about the psychological game that Russia started on the day of negotiations with Trump’s team. Putin Manipulating Trump by Offering His Resources in Exchange for Ukrainians, Diplomat Says

Bogdan Frolov17:50, 22.02.25

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A former adviser to the US Secretary of State spoke about the psychological game that Russia started on the day of negotiations with Trump’s team.

Russia has offered US President Donald Trump a deal on its own natural resources and is pretending that it will be beneficial for the US economy, says a former adviser to the US Secretary of State.

Russia offers Trump an agreement on Russian natural resources, convincing that it is beneficial for the US economy Matthew Bryza. According to him, this kind of “psychological game” began on the day of negotiations in Riyadh. 

“This was an attempt at psychological manipulation of the Trump delegation and at the same time raising Russia’s demands. They were counting on the fact that when Trump hears that Moscow is allegedly not interested in lifting sanctions, he will change his position and offer more. Then Dmitriev again stated that they are not interested in simply lifting sanctions – they want more,” Bryza explained in an interview with the host of the “Studio Zapad” program Anton Borkovsky on ” Espreso “.

The former director of European and Eurasian affairs at the US National Security Council believes that the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin, Ushakov, Lavrov and representatives of the intelligence services are personally taking part in this “game”.

“Their goal is to convince Trump that Putin’s demands allegedly meet the interests of business, and therefore are beneficial both for him and for the American economy,” he emphasized. But this strategy is beneficial exclusively to the Russian Federation, because in this way they want to achieve the lifting of sanctions on the natural resources sector, which has international potential, in an attempt to save the Russian economy.

Russia has offered US President Donald Trump a deal on its own natural resources and is pretending that it will be beneficial for the US economy, says a former adviser to the US Secretary of State.

Russia offers Trump an agreement on Russian natural resources, convincing that it is beneficial for the US economy Matthew Bryza. According to him, this kind of “psychological game” began on the day of negotiations in Riyadh. 

“This was an attempt at psychological manipulation of the Trump delegation and at the same time raising Russia’s demands. They were counting on the fact that when Trump hears that Moscow is allegedly not interested in lifting sanctions, he will change his position and offer more. Then Dmitriev again stated that they are not interested in simply lifting sanctions – they want more,” Bryza explained in an interview with the host of the “Studio Zapad” program Anton Borkovsky on ” Espreso “.

The former director of European and Eurasian affairs at the US National Security Council believes that the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin, Ushakov, Lavrov and representatives of the intelligence services are personally taking part in this “game”.

“Their goal is to convince Trump that Putin’s demands allegedly meet the interests of business, and therefore are beneficial both for him and for the American economy,” he emphasized. But this strategy is beneficial exclusively to the Russian Federation, because in this way they want to achieve the lifting of sanctions on the natural resources sector, which has international potential, in an attempt to save the Russian economy.

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