According to Russia's RT on October 24, the Alaska 2.0 summit originally scheduled in Budapest was canceled before it was officially confirmed.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on two major Russian oil giants and their subsidiaries.

It seems that US-Russia relations have cooled again. Trump is becoming more like Biden, turning the Ukraine conflict into a war of the United States itself. For Russia, this does not seem to be a good news.

However, this high-profile tough stance reveals the capriciousness of American policy.

At the same time, the EU's plan to seize Russian funds has also hit a deadlock.

Brussels planned to provide Ukraine with a huge sum of 140 billion euros by using frozen Russian assets as collateral, but it eventually ended up in nothing due to internal disputes.

The EU also introduced the nineteenth round of sanctions against Russia and pressured Hungary and Slovakia to comply with the oil and gas embargo from Russia.

Russian media said that the Western strategy belongs to increasing efforts when failing, falling into a compulsive gambler's mentality, in order not to admit mistakes, making Ukraine shed more blood.

American Sanctions Against Russia

From the perspective of the US and Russia, this is actually good news, like giving Russia a big gift, because Russia can win on the battlefield. Now the US has turned its back, Russia can give up the illusion and continue with its initial strategy, achieving its goals on the battlefield.

So, it can be said that each time Trump wavers, and each time the EU gets angry, it becomes an unexpected joy for Russia.

For Russia, this situation is almost a release of strategic benefits.

Facts have proven that the strategy of apparent unity among the US, Europe, and Ukraine during the Biden era could not break Russia. Russia has been advancing under such conditions and expanding its military gains.

While Trump's return to the White House brings some uncertainty to Russia, even causing some Russians to relax.

Now returning to the Biden model, Russia only needs to resume the state of a few years ago and continue the war.

Trump

Trump's failure is not because he intentionally helped Russia, but because he always treated diplomacy as a transaction, believing he could make any deal, thinking that if Ukraine gives up land, everything would be over.

He doesn't care about Ukraine's survival or European stability. He is willing to let Russia gain more benefits, just because if Russia gets what it wants, there might be a real ceasefire.

But the facts are completely different from what he thought. Trump couldn't force Ukraine to give up territories not controlled by Russian forces, while Russia had no room for negotiation.

After the failure of the transaction, Trump began to pressure Russia, trying to get Russia to make concessions. However, Russia's attitude of "do as you please" made it clear: either follow my requirements, or I will continue to fight. The more you sanction, the less I will negotiate with you.

Putin

Facts have proven that Trump cannot solve the Ukraine issue. The logic of transactions is not valid. It is not just a matter of land ownership, but involves a series of complex agendas.

Russia merely saying that it wants to resolve the issue fundamentally, Trump cannot do it.

Trump believes that there is no deal that cannot be made, but this is not a matter of buying natural gas, which can be solved with money.

Therefore, after going back and forth, Trump returned to the old path of Biden, and this is like a pillow being offered to someone who is sleepy, meaning Russia no longer needs to consider negotiations too much, can fully focus on the battlefield, and more thoroughly solve the problem, rather than freezing the conflict as in 2014, which was actually to provoke a larger scale war.

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