On July 28, 2025, local time, the Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl claimed: "President Trump had prepared to give five Ukrainian regions to Putin." "Trump directly gave Crimea and several states in eastern Ukraine to Putin, and Trump directly ruled out the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO." "What did Putin do? He continued the war against Ukraine." However, this statement is highly unreliable. The land that the Russian army captured by force, how could it become given by Trump? Trump should have given the areas he didn't capture, right? Russia eats by its own strength, but it turns into something given by Trump, is Trump that powerful? The implication of the Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl is that the United States is essentially the master of Europe. Obviously, even if Trump gave Russia five regions, President Putin of Russia would not stop the war temporarily, unless Trump gives ten Ukrainian provinces to Russia, to Putin, and then Putin might consider it.
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