The Trump administration returned to the list of demands drafted by Putin and which Donald Trump repackaged as a peace plan.
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Trump’s own Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, was very dubious on Meet The Press when asked if Russia wrote the peace plan.
Bessent said:
I have no information on this, Kristen. But I can tell you, I am the highest-ranking American official to visit Ukraine. I went there last February. And when I went there last February, I went there with an economic cooperation agreement between the United States and Ukraine. President Zelenskyy opposed it. The same people you just talked about opposed this.
The mainstream media opposed it. You know what? We did it three months later, and it is now the centerpiece of the Ukrainian economy. Let this agreement even finance military factories for the very innovative military sector in Ukraine. So, you know, I would be very careful about preconceived ideas. And to come back to your question, this is a peace negotiation.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly told anyone who will listen that what Trump called a peace plan is NOT America’s plan.
Apparently, Trump whitewashes everything Putin sends him and passes it on.
The rejection of Russian conditions for Ukraine’s surrender sent Trump into a tailspin on Sunday.
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