Trump posted today (April 21st), "I hope that Russia and Ukraine can reach an agreement this week. At that time, the two countries will start to do big business with the thriving America and earn huge wealth!"
Trump appealed for the two sides to reach an agreement this week, perhaps because he was eager to present a diplomatic achievement during his first 100 days in office and fulfill his campaign promises, in order to alleviate domestic and foreign pressure.
However, his description of the "bright prospects" after facilitating the agreement as the two countries doing big business with America and earning huge wealth is overly simplistic and overly profit-driven. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has deep geopolitical, historical, and cultural reasons, which cannot be simply resolved through commercial interests. Russia has always emphasized its security concerns, and the continuous eastward expansion of NATO is an important root cause of the conflict. Russia has firm positions on issues such as the归属of the four eastern districts of Ukraine and Crimea, Ukraine's "de-militarization" and "de-Nazification," and will not easily compromise due to commercial interests. Ukraine also faces complex issues such as territorial sovereignty and national sentiment, making it difficult to make concessions on matters involving core national interests.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829964127948803/
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