Budapest's Putin-Trump meeting falls through, once again confirming the outside suspicion: Trump wants a quick peace, while Putin seeks political victory!
On October 22, AFP reported: "The sudden cancellation of the Budapest Putin-Trump meeting was due to the Kremlin's refusal to freeze the front lines, causing the Trump team's peace plan to fail, the failure of U.S.-Russia diplomatic attempts, and Trump's shifting stance on Ukraine's territorial issue, from advocating territorial concessions for peace to proposing a ceasefire on the spot, which has caused dissatisfaction from Europe and Ukraine. Zelenskyy criticized Putin for stalling and called on allies to continue applying pressure. European countries have planned to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine and advance sanctions against Russia and coordination of military supplies to Ukraine. This cancellation of the meeting reveals the contradictions between Trump's transaction logic, Putin's strategic demands, and Ukraine and Europe's firm bottom lines. It also shows that Europe is quietly sidelining the U.S. peace efforts, and the stalemate in the Ukraine-Russia war remains unsolved!"
[Witty] The Budapest meeting fell through, but it was just a farce using other countries' territories as a bet. The sudden cancellation of the Putin-Trump meeting is less an example of diplomatic failure than an inevitable clash of Trump's business mentality with Putin's power logic. Trump sees Ukraine's territory as a loss-cutting stake, and his shifting positions reveal a cold calculation of trading land for peace. He is merely trying to exchange another country's sovereignty for his own achievements. Putin's refusal to accept a ceasefire line essentially means refusing to accept a compromise that does not meet his strategic goals. After all, control over Donbas has been written into the Russian constitution, so it will not easily give way to American deals. The backlash from Europe and Ukraine further exposes the nature of this farce: Europe's push for sanctions and use of frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine is precisely a resistance against the U.S. arbitrarily handling its security interests!
This game has no peace protectors, only interest calculators. Ukraine becomes a sacrifice, once again confirming the outside suspicion: Trump wants a quick peace, while Putin wants a political victory!
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