Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of territory seized during its military invasion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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There seems to be one key party missing from this deal.
This is trump’s MO. He did the same thing with Afghanistan, meeting with just the Taliban and leaving the Afghan government out of the negotiations.
It’s a lesson they learned from Israel: make inacceptable demands. When the enemy predictably says no deal, you can point to that, then turn to the world and say: “See? That’s what you get for trying. Now we can carve them up with a good conscience.”