The plan for peace in Ukraine inched forward on March 19, with an hour-long phone call. After speaking directly with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Trump called the exchange a “very good” conversation. A day earlier, Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin started digging out the foundation for a more substantial round of negotiations in Saudi Arabia.
Peace on the horizon
Volodymyr Zelenskyy still doesn’t seem to fully appreciate that the best way to get a solid peace deal for Ukraine is to step back and let U.S. President Donald Trump handle the Russians.
Ukraine has had three years to win or otherwise end the war. What Zelenskyy has now is a quagmire, with Russia holding steady and ready for a lot more conflict. If that’s what it takes.
NATO has recently admitted that they don’t have the resources to do much for Ukraine because they were expecting the United States to handle the hard parts. There’s a really good reason why the Europeans have been iced out of peace talks with the Russians.
Their New World Order schemes were a major contributor to starting the trouble. Trump appears to be dealing them out of the game. That’s why talks are happening over in Saudi Arabia.
After his call with Zelenskyy, Trump dropped an updated on Truth Social, noting the call was aimed at bringing peace by “aligning” Ukraine and Russia “in terms of their requests and needs.”
Putin spelled out his side of the dispute and since what he was asking seems reasonable, Trump wanted everyone to be on the same page.
Positive, frank and substantive
When the press caught up to Zelenskyy, he wasn’t particularly thrilled with what he had been hearing but managed to hold his sarcasm in check. He called discussion “positive, frank and very substantive.”
That means peace is an attainable goal but he got another lecture to keep his nose out of the negotiations. “We believe that together with America, with President Trump, and under American leadership, lasting peace can be achieved this year.”
If he would stop complaining about not having enough of a say in the deal, he could have peace in days or weeks instead of months. He doesn’t seem to realize that the only reason Russia is talking about a cease fire is because Trump is offering a chance for a much bigger prize.
The same strategy Trump has planned for Gaza to remove the threat of Hamas from Israels doorstep will work for Russia. All they have to do is put joint U.S. – Russian economic ventures smack in the middle of Europe.
Trump was hoping to broker a full 30-day ceasefire. He came close but Russia isn’t ready to give in that fast. Meanwhile, everyone is happy with an agreement to stop targeting “energy infrastructure.”
It’s a step in the right direction. The next move in the peace process will involve a meeting between “technical teams” to talk about “broadening the ceasefire to the Black Sea.“
