Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo wrote today: "There is no reason to believe that Putin would end the war in Ukraine under any conditions other than Russian victory. If the world lets him get away with it, he will not stop at Ukraine."
Commentary: Pompeo's tough statement openly opposes Russia and secretly undermines Trump. Trump wanted to quickly achieve a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to fulfill his campaign promises, taking a negotiation and compromise approach; while Pompeo deliberately emphasized that "Putin only accepts victory and will never back down," directly closing the door to negotiations. Essentially, this is a hardline hawkish stance tied to the military-industrial complex and the right wing of the Republican Party, which allows him to keep political options open while subtly digging a pit for Trump's foreign policy. It is a typical case of being in the same party but taking different paths, secretly opposing from within.
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