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The apparent distancing between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in recent days appears to have been a mirage or worse.
Trump asked for a 30-day ceasefire and Putin rejected it
A week ago, in a post on his Truth Social account, Trump called for a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and warned, "If the ceasefire is not respected, the U.S. and its partners will impose further sanctions." Ukraine accepted that proposal, but the Kremlin rejected it. Despite this, Trump did not keep his word and did not implement new sanctions against Russia.
Putin summoned Ukraine to a meeting today in Turkey
Buying time and avoiding new sanctions after rejecting Trump's 30-day ceasefire, Putin summoned Ukraine to a meeting in Istanbul on May 11. Instead of reacting as he had announced, Trump justified Putin with a new message:
President Putin of Russia doesn鈥檛 want to have a Cease Fire Agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the BLOODBATH. Ukraine should agree to this, IMMEDIATELY. At least they will be able to determine whether or not a deal is possible, and if it is not, European leaders, and the U.S., will know where everything stands, and can proceed accordingly! I鈥檓 starting to doubt that Ukraine will make a deal with Putin, who鈥檚 too busy celebrating the Victory of World War ll, which could not have been won (not even close!) without the United States of America. HAVE THE MEETING, NOW!!!
El dictador ruso no ha acudido al encuentro con Zelenski
Este mensaje se public贸 el 11 de mayo. Ese mismo d铆a, Zelenski se mostr贸 dispuesto a reunirse con Putin en Turqu铆a. Al d铆a siguiente, Trump mostr贸 su confianza en que Putin y Zelenski viajar铆an a Turqu铆a para participar en esa reuni贸n. Ayer, Trump ya no se mostr贸 seguro de si Putin acudir铆a. El Kremlin no quiso confirmar si Putin viajar铆a a Turqu铆a hasta este mismo jueves. Finalmente, ni Putin ni Trump han viajado a la cumbre de Turqu铆a. Rusia envi贸 una delegaci贸n de tercer nivel en la que ni siquiera est谩 su ministro de Exteriores, Sergey Lavrov.
Trump sigue justificando y regalando tiempo a Putin
Despite his messages of the last few days, today Trump has once again justified Putin, and he has done so by refuting his own words when a journalist asked him if he was disappointed by Putin's absence in Turkey:
No... I actually said, why would he go if I'm not going? Because I wasn't going to go. I wasn't planning to go. I would go, but I wasn't planning to go. And I said, I don't think he's going to go if I don't go. And that's turned out to be right.. but I didn't think it was possible for Putin to go if I'm not there.
Now, Trump's excuse to continue justifying Putin is: "Nothing's going to happen until Putin and I get together", words of the US president on Air Force One shortly before landing in Dubai.
Thus, Putin continues to buy time to continue the war, while wasting Zelensky's time on a trip to Turkey proposed by the Russian dictator, which he himself has boycotted. Despite this farce, Trump continues to justify Putin and continues to break his word to approve new sanctions against Russia, giving the Russian dictator more time to continue mocking the West.
Has Putin mocked Trump or did he agree on this with him?
Looking back at the events of the past week, one might ask: Has Putin also mocked Trump and Trump refuses to admit it, or was it a farce agreed upon by the two? In the first scenario, we have a US president who is showing weakness and is incapable of carrying out his threats against a thug like Putin, who is mocking the United States without Trump being able to act on it. The second scenario would be much worse: the US president acting in coordination with a war criminal who is carrying out all kinds of atrocities against the Ukrainian people and who only accepts one "peace" plan: the defeat of Ukraine.
A display of weakness on the part of the United States
During his election campaigns, Trump used the slogan "Make America Great Again", a phrase he has repeated ad nauseam, but which, in practice, has given way to a policy of weakness toward a dictator like Putin, giving in to his wishes and appearing lukewarm toward him while heaping all kinds of contempt on America's allies. There is no greatness in this, Mr. Trump. What there is is pathetic weakness, the same one that his predecessor in office, Joe Biden, repeatedly expressed.
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Photo: Yuri Kadobnov. A meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018.
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