Would Trump put equal pressure on Russia and Ukraine to reach a negotiated settlement? | DW News

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Published 2024-07-25
Former US President Donald Trump, who accepted the Republican presidential nomination at last week's Republic National Convention, has claimed on various occassions, including during recent campaign events and the disastrous TV debate with President Joe Biden, that he would immediately end the war between Russia and Ukraine if reelected. There is palpable concern across the European continent that in a bid to quickly end Russia's war, Trump might pressure Ukraine into ceding territory to Russia. Doing so could encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to further expand Russia's territory and threaten the Baltic nations.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Russian President Vladimir Putin on what the former described as a "peace mission." Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently claimed in his regular column for the British Daily Mail tabloid that he had presented former US president and current presidential contender Donald Trump with a "peace plan" that would require Putin to withdraw to "at least" the pre-invasion boundaries of 2022; Russia illegally annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014 and was already occupying parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine by 2022.

DW speaks to historian Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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All Comments (21)
  • "That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re going to keep peace, all right." --Donald 'I'm like a smart person' Trump
  • @samsungtap4183
    CarniegeEndowament for peace...all he talked about was war
  • @StressRUs
    America is hungry for sanity and compassion over the vitriol of a madman. The world feels likewise, although a few dictators will be disappointed and left in the lurch.
  • @katsong3302
    odd. there’s multiple candidates for the presidency of the United States, yet you seem/are biased in presuming that one has a say prior to the voters.
  • @Cats2Fat
    Was this guy born yesterday? How you frame the war is irrelevant to other countries’ position on the war. They are supporting Russia out of self interest.
  • @editablair2674
    Actually, Trump is the only one talking about negotiating peace, everybody else talks about war and victory
  • @urbansenicar81
    You expect Harris to do more than Biden administration did?
  • @renebatsch2555
    Russia should listen and think well to a proposal and husband their young men for living. They have a neighbour to the south that is very strong militarily and has 1.4 billion people and needs natural resources. Nature adores a vacuum.
  • @anthonyd4341
    To imagine Trump wouldn't favour Russia is delusional.
  • @lg2058
    I don’t understand. I thought it was Russia and the US who need to negotiate over Ukraine. Ukraine has no say in any of this, really - it lost its sovereignty to the US a long time ago..
  • @marisabenson1222
    Taurus Taurus Taurus Scholtz is very weak. Pistorius or Baerbock for Chancellor.
  • @martytube821
    Lol the world is in a bad place right now and who is leading during that time.
  • @Cats2Fat
    No. Trump will give Putin whatever he wants.
  • @IbnBahtuta
    He is best handled by making sure the last person he talks to gives him his instructions, because reasons.........
  • @pumalee1997
    Help! Help! Help! Germany needs Captain America urgently.😱😱😱
  • @Dam-a-fence
    Russia's federal bank bailed Trump out when his Casino went bankrupt, because no one else would. To answer your headline though, "Would !@#$% put equal pressure on Russia and Ukraine to reach a negotiated settlement?" Oh look, something off screen that is actually shiny, bye.