Trump said he could stop war in 24 hours, but team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’

Diplomacy, it turns out, is hard. The 24 hours that Donald Trump promised he would need to halt the fighting in Ukraine have long since passed. And the administration has done little of the hard diplomatic work that was required to secure landmark deals like the Dayton agreement or the Camp David accords in the past.

Rubio clearly wished to vent frustration on Friday, a day after Trump had said in the White House that he was waiting for Russia’s response to the proposed framework for a peace deal and expected to have it this week. The White House appears to be increasingly frustrated with Moscow, something that both European and Ukrainian officials had hoped would take place.

There was always an expertise gap in the difficult negotiations over a ceasefire to the Russian war in Ukraine. Now the administration appears to have a patience gap and has signaled it is ready to walk away. Ukraine does not have that option.

  • Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    The only reason Shitler wanted this deal to work was for a Nobel prize. I guess the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. Still, it’s small comfort knowing Obama having one while he doesn’t eats him up inside

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    13 hours ago

    Is anyone surprised?

    I’m at the point where serious media should just put all the lies and empty promises of this regime in a single section, titled ‘From Trump world’. And use the serious sections to dissect the lies and analyse (IN SIMPLE TERMS) what’s really going on.

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    13 hours ago

    “lack of patience” is an extremely charitable take. They are lazy. They seek power for its privileges, not its responsibilities.

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    Amazing that they are frustrated with Moscow - they opened the negotiations with Putins maximum demands…

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    15 hours ago

    Bro really thought, after everyone else involved since 2014, he could just get in the room and say:

    • “Hey, c’mon. Let’s just stop this. Killing is bad, peace is good. I also want Ukraine to give up all the taken territory and I want 50% of Ukraine’s minerals in perpetuity, in exchange for nothing.”

    Who would have thought this matter could be ‘just a smidge’ more complicated than “you should probably just stop it”? Children raised on silver spoons often expect others to simply obey them, regardless of what the situation is.

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    16 hours ago

    Blast him as a failure that can’t even negotiate a single peace agreement. His ego will love that; it’ll definitely just allow him to move on and not stew over it for years to come.

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    God the Trump admin is such a hot HOT mess… What did they expect? That Russia would just cave? They are so terrifyingly stupid, it genuinely makes me worried and we are only three months into his term…

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    There’s nothing in it for Trump. If he can’t personally profit, it’s a low-priority issue not worth spending effort on.

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        16 hours ago

        Missed a space.
        /s stands for “I’m being sarcastic.”
        Shocked can be used as a substitute for “surprised”
        So I’m actually not suprised, English is crazy!

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    17 hours ago

    Trump was never a master negotiator, he always was a bully. He gets what he wants through intimidation. His prior diplomatic victories were gained partly based on the work of career diplomats who paved agreements that not even he could fuck up. But all the competent people have been DOGEd away, so now it’s just Trump and Elon and a bunch of sycophants who think diplomacy is throwing tantrums when the other side says “no”.

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    18 hours ago

    “Now, I have to tell you, it’s an unbelievably complex subject,” he added. “Nobody knew health care peace deals could be so complicated.”