{"id":574103,"date":"2023-05-12T01:25:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trumps-pledge-for-ukraine-peace-met-with-doubt-derision\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T01:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:25:17","slug":"trumps-pledge-for-ukraine-peace-met-with-doubt-derision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-pledge-for-ukraine-peace-met-with-doubt-derision\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump\u2019s pledge for Ukraine peace met with doubt, derision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a281405e1b0d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a281405e1b0d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-pledge-for-ukraine-peace-met-with-doubt-derision\/#Critics_blast_Trumps_Ukraine_remarks\" >Critics blast Trump\u2019s Ukraine remarks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-pledge-for-ukraine-peace-met-with-doubt-derision\/#Reduced_GOP_push_for_peace_talks\" >Reduced GOP push for peace talks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-pledge-for-ukraine-peace-met-with-doubt-derision\/#McConnell_McCarthy_back_Ukraine\" >McConnell, McCarthy back Ukraine<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-pledge-for-ukraine-peace-met-with-doubt-derision\/#American_public_support_is_waning\" >American public support is waning<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/trumpdonald_051123ap_ukraine-russia.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As former President Trump solidifies his front-runner status in the Republican\u00a02024\u00a0presidential primary race, his views on the Russia-Ukraine war paint an increasingly stark contrast with GOP leaders in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, he pledged to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office and refused to say which side he wants to win the war.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours,\u201d Trump said in a\u00a0CNN town hall\u00a0Wednesday night, adding he would meet with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey both have weaknesses and they both have strengths, and within 24 hours that war will be settled, it\u2019ll be over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Analysts are dubious of Trump\u2019s ability to execute on his pledge, though his criticism of America\u2019s leading role in supporting Ukraine could complicate what has been a largely united response on Capitol Hill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Treistman, a professor of national security at the University of New Haven who has studied Russian affairs, said Trump \u201cprovided zero evidence of how he would stop the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to substantiate that claim, and the probability and likelihood of being able to stop the war within 24 hours is very slim to none. That\u2019s the facts,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump also said he wanted \u201ceverybody to stop dying\u201d but also avoided saying whether Russia or Ukraine should win the war.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think in terms of winning or losing,\u201d he said. \u201cI think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n        Five takeaways from Trump\u2019s CNN town hall<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Critics_blast_Trumps_Ukraine_remarks\"><\/span>Critics blast Trump\u2019s Ukraine remarks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The former president\u2019s comments\u00a0drew im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te scorn from some of his Republican rivals and more vocal opponents on the national stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a 2024 GOP presidential hopeful, said Trump\u2019s stance was a \u201cweak position that will not win the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTrump reminded everyone tonight of his support of Russia and his willingness to sell out Ukraine,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsaHutchinson\/status\/1656474379407032325\">Hutchinson tweeted.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) referred to Trump as \u201cPutin\u2019s puppet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite how ridiculous that is to say, I suspect he would try to do it by turning Ukraine over to Putin and Russia,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie\/status\/1656467572383010817\">Christie tweeted.<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), a Trump critic, said: \u201cThe only person I think who would really be celebrating from last night would be Vladimir Putin.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen asked who should win, Russia or Ukraine, he didn\u2019t say Ukraine, and I find that a startling disclosure,\u201d Romney added.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reduced_GOP_push_for_peace_talks\"><\/span>Reduced GOP push for peace talks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While a coalition of far-right Republicans have supported the idea of pushing for negotiations with Russia, that position <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be declining within the party, said a former senior U.S. diplomat in Eastern Europe who spoke on the condition of anonymity. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe quasi isolationists are weaker today than they were two months ago,\u201d said the ex-diplomat, pointing to a letter signed by just 19 GOP lawmakers urging President Biden to pursue peace talks.<\/p>\n<p>Prior Ukraine bills have received opposition from dozens of Republican congressmen, making the letter \u201ca very dumb thing for them to issue, because it underscored their weakness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former diplomat, who now works at a think tank, said the \u201chigh-water mark\u201d for Ukraine skeptics was an interview Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) gave to then-Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> host Tucker Carlson in March, when he called the war a \u201cterritorial dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>DeSantis faced immediate blowback and walked back the comments days later. And now Carlson has left Fox News, taking a key critic of U.S. policy toward Ukraine off the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. pressure toward peace talks is largely seen as helping Putin, as any successful negotiation in the near future would mean ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Putin illegally annexed four Ukrainian territories last year in the east and south of the country, which his forces continue to occupy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Biden administration has been steadfast in supporting Ukraine\u2019s goal of retaking its territory and letting Kyiv decide when the time is right for negotiations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the U.S. has been ambiguous about Ukraine\u2019s desire to retake the Crimean Peninsula, which Putin illegally annexed in 2014, likely leaving some wiggle room for an eventual peace deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"McConnell_McCarthy_back_Ukraine\"><\/span>McConnell, McCarthy back Ukraine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most Republicans have consistently backed arms transfers to Ukraine and don\u2019t see an end to the war anytime soon. Both\u00a0House\u00a0Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell\u00a0(R-Ky.)\u00a0have offered robust defense of ongoing Ukraine support in recent days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that we have enough support within Congress to sustain this for a good deal longer,\u201d McConnell said this week. \u201cAll the leadership in the House and Senate in my party is very much in favor of defeating the Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Trump\u2019s comments, McCarthy said during a press conference Thursday that House Republicans have \u201cbeen very clear about the atrocities that Russia and Putin have presented to this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have been very clear in our votes as well,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we lead with exactly what we\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky on Thursday played down the potential threat to the US-Ukraine partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho knows where we\u2019ll be\u201d when the 2024 election rolls around, he told the BBC. \u201cI believe we\u2019ll win by then.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"American_public_support_is_waning\"><\/span>American public support is waning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Still, Trump is leaning into a growing divide in American opinion over continued military support for Ukraine in a war has no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>A survey from the Pew Research Center published this week found the number of Republicans who say the U.S. should focus on problems at home rather than paying attention to issues overseas increased to 71 percent this year from 65 percent last year.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Americans who share that view overall is at 55 percent, up\u00a04\u00a0percentage points from last year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said the war never would have started in the first place on his watch, but in his presidency, Trump was criticized for his warm comments toward Putin, whom he called \u201csavvy\u201d and a \u201cgenius\u201d after Russia invaded Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former president also refused to call Putin a war criminal Wednesday, even after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader in March.<\/p>\n<p>Treistman, of the University of New Haven, said Trump weakened NATO by threatening to withdraw from the western security alliance and likely emboldened Putin\u2019s efforts toward Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>He said concerns about how long the war will last are valid but stressed that low intensity conflicts can drag out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s not necessarily, from a geostrategic standpoint, a bad thing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can use this as an opportunity to weaken a brutal dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the former U.S. diplomat doesn\u2019t see Trump\u2019s rhetoric posing a significant threat to current American policy unless he reached the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And even then, the ex-diplomat noted, Trump\u2019s words didn\u2019t always match his actions toward Ukraine and Russia. Trump ultimately sent javelin missiles to Ukraine, something former President Obama resisted doing, and expelled dozens of Russian diplomats who were identified as spies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worth pointing out that when Trump was president, he said many things that were naive, but the overall policy of his administration overall \u2014 I can point out parts where it was not good \u2014 was not bad,\u201d the former diplomat said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Alexander Bolton contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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