Krystyna Kazakova13:16, 16.07.25
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine did not rule out that Trump is playing his own game.
US President Donald Trump still does not want Russia to lose because he lives under the illusion of a future partnership. That is why he chose a new tactic and threatened Russia with sanctions in 50 days, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ogryzko is convinced.
In an interview with Obozrevatel , the former politician recalled that back in early July, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Trump in a telephone conversation about plans for an offensive within 60 days.
“And now Trump is publicly responding: ‘Okay, you have 50 days to come to your senses. To reach an agreement. Because if you continue any further, then the Tomahawks will fly at your head,'” said Ogryzko.
In his opinion, Trump’s statement could be a game, a form of public warning, or a kind of ultimatum.
“So yes, I agree: Trump does not want a total defeat for Russia,” the former diplomat said.
Ogryzko believes that Trump has not yet understood that there can be no partnership with Russia. He still hopes that it is still possible to do so with someone in the Kremlin.
“Now he has chosen a tactic: not to tear up completely, not to burn all bridges. Leave room for maneuver. And then, they say, let’s see what comes of it,” the former government official expressed his opinion. Read also:
He does not rule out that Trump may say one thing today, another tomorrow, and a third the day after tomorrow.
“But if, say, there is already an agreement between the US and NATO that NATO is purchasing American weapons for Ukraine, this is already a practical step,” Ogryzko noted.
In this case, the ex-politician believes, if contracts have already been signed with American businesses and financed, then it is no longer possible to change this.
“In that case, we will get our weapons – regardless of what Trump says or doesn’t say,” the expert said.
He admitted that the supply of long-range missiles from Germany, France, and Britain has slowed down a bit at the moment, but this does not mean that, for example, private negotiations on this topic are not taking place.
“If all this converges at one point, our capabilities will increase significantly. But predicting the unpredictable Trump, as you understand, is futile,” Ogryzko noted.
(C)UNIAN 2025
Biden didn’t want it, Trump doesn’t want it. Putler would destroy the US in a second if he could.
I don’t trust Trump one iota. He’s a snake in the grass just looking out for himself using whatever US taxpayer resources he can to achieve his own personal goals but not for the benefit of “we the people”. Abraham Lincoln’s said it best in his Gettysburg address…”of the people by the people and for the people” should be etched on his forehead. Perhaps I’m off track from this article but I sure miss the days of true US Presidents.
To quote my president Jefferson Davis, “Our present political position has been achieved in a manner unprecedented in the history of nations. It illustrates the American idea that governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established. The declared purpose of the compact of the Union from which we have withdrawn was to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity;” and when, in the judgment of the sovereign states composing this Confederacy, it has been perverted from the purposes for which it was ordained, and ceased to answer the ends for which it was established, a peaceful appeal to the ballot box declared that, so far as they are concerned, the government created by that compact should cease to exist. In this they merely asserted the right which the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, defined to be “inalienable.” Of the time and occasion of its exercise they as sovereigns were the final judges, each for itself. The impartial and enlightened verdict of mankind will vindicate the rectitude of our conduct; and He who knows the hearts of men will judge of the sincerity with which we have labored to preserve the government of our fathers in its spirit.”
Is that why Trump donates his salary to wounded vets?
Smoke and mirrors. He gains millions from his crypto scheme, manipulating the stock markets, and selling expensive White House dinners to the wealthy.
I would love to see proof of the dinners, I don’t think that’s legal. Even though I remember Clinton used to rent out the Lincoln bedroom, so maybe it is. Manipulating the stock market is what every POTUS does and crypto is up to the buyer to buy or not.
His deplorable behavior is fine with you. This doesn’t surprise me anymore. I am different. I don’t want a POTUS who is a gangster, like Taco.
I will continue to wait for the proof before I make any conclusions…you know…..Facts only please
Always. His behavior is obviously deplorable.
I haven’t found what agencies he plans/has donated this years salary to. However during his first term he made a one time donation of 100,000 to the VA or one quarter of a years salary. During the same period he was part of fund raisers for veterans but a sizable portion of it was funneled into the Trump foundation (which was sued) and his campaign funds which was in excess of that 100,000 dollar contribution.
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/donald-j-trump-pays-court-ordered-2-million-illegally-using-trump-foundation
https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/opinion/2020/10/07/did-trump-shortchange-suckers-and-losers-gindlesperger/5907372002/