U.S. President Donald Trump has faced a crisis of his “peacemaking” ambitions — both in the Middle East and in Ukraine. This is stated in an analytical article by CNN.
According to the publication, Trump canceled preparations for a second summit with vladimir putin, saying that he “does not want to waste time”. This decision became yet another twist in a series of contradictory moves by the American president, whose “peace in Ukraine” initiative is increasingly losing real prospects.
According to CNN, attempts to establish dialogue reached a dead end after russia refused to revise its demands — essentially insisting that Ukraine agree to surrender the unoccupied territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. Kyiv categorically rejected such conditions, emphasizing that this would create a threat of new attacks from the russian federation.
“As long as russia does not feel the price of continuing the war, there can be no talk of peace”, - the publication quotes the position of the Ukrainian side.
Analysts note that Trump wavers between pressuring Ukraine and trying to “appease” putin. Earlier, the U.S. president considered the possibility of transferring Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv but refused after a personal conversation with the russian leader.
“If Trump needed confirmation that putin is not ready to make peace in Ukraine, he got one in a swarm of drones that attacked Ukrainian power plants in a return to a brutal strategy of using winter as a weapon against shivering civilians”, - the article states.
Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance urgently went to the Middle East after the truce brokered by Trump between Israel and Hamas came under threat. Clashes have resumed in the Gaza Strip, and Israel accused militants of killing two of its soldiers.
“Wishing for peace is far easier than making peace”, - CNN notes. According to the author, Trump’s two key initiatives — ending the war in Ukraine and settling the conflict in the Middle East — are facing a reality where neither side is ready to make concessions.
“The impasse suits putin, who shows no sign of wanting to stop fighting and could use more time to pursue his war of attrition with the goal of winning as much Ukrainian territory as possible before any peace talks”, - the publication states.
As CNN concludes, both processes demonstrate the main weakness of current American policy: the lack of a systematic approach and an excessive reliance on the president’s “personal diplomacy”, which often ends with political gestures without real results.