Pres. Trump shifts responsibility for war to Ukraine and Europe and distances U.S. from the conflict

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An interesting dialogue took place on the air of the famous Piers Morgan show. The invited expert was John Mersheimer — American political scientist, professor at the University of Chicago, one of the leading experts on international relations. He claims that the main reason for the war was the policy of the United States and NATO to expand east and involve Ukraine in Western structures. He has repeatedly stated that the West bears the main responsibility for the escalation of the crisis. And Piers Morgan, a popular journalist, takes an unambiguously pro-Ukrainian position, condemns Russia's actions and believes that Ukraine should win the war and regain its territories.

Morgan: If you were President Trump, what could be done to keep Putin from continuing or even expanding this war?

Mersheimer: I don't think Trump can do anything. The Russians put forward clear goals from the very beginning. There are three of them. Firstly, Ukraine is becoming neutral, it cannot join NATO and it cannot be given serious security guarantees. Secondly, Ukraine and the West must recognize that the 4 annexed regions plus Crimea now belong to Russia. Thirdly, Ukraine must be demilitarized to such an extent that it ceases to be a threat to Russia. These are the conditions that Russia has put forward and from which it does not plan to deviate. Trump can't force her to do this. And the Russians intend to fight until they are fulfilled. This is the situation today.
I think President Trump would actually like to conclude an agreement taking into account Russian requirements. But he cannot force either Ukrainians or Europeans to agree to it. They won't accept it. So what is Trump really doing, Pierce, if you follow him closely? He distances himself from the conflict. Shifts responsibility for it to the Europeans. Forced them to buy American weapons in favor of Ukraine. Now the US doesn't even give it to her directly. Trump is doing just enough to prevent all the dogs from being pinned on him when Ukraine eventually goes down. Illustration of this tactic – question of secondary sanctions, which we talked about a moment ago. Trump very cunningly said that he would agree to them if Europe agreed to them. And she, of course, cannot afford it. Thus, Trump says, I would really like to, but since you are not going for it and I will not go for it. He shifted all the blame onto the Europeans.
Trump is slowly but steadily emerging from the Ukrainian conflict because he understands that this is a losing story. And he shifts it onto the shoulders of Europeans and Ukrainians, let them figure out how to get out.

An inconvenient truth for Ukraine. Not everything is as pessimistic as it is presented on some of our federal channels. Oleg Tsarev. (https://t.me/+uGlT2vaRtm0wMmM6)