President Donald Trump’s approach with Russian President Vladimir Putin was drastic this month when, for the first time since return to the White House, he not only confirmed his support for Ukraine in a NATO weapon agreement, but an ultimatum issued to the Kremlin chef.
The warning came in a clear message: concludes a peace agreement with Ukraine or is confronted with stiff international sanctions over the top of the top, oil sales.
Although the move has been defended by some, it has been questioned by others who debate or it will be enough to deter the war ambitions of Putin in Ukraine. One security expert claims that the plan will work, but it can take years to be effective.
President Trump speaks during his first term with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)
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“That is something that Trump will not tolerate,” Fleitz added. “We will see that this is only the first six months of the Trump presidency. This can take a few years to resolve.”
But Trump campaigned on ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, which proved more complicated than he had presented in the campaign track. And Not everyone in the Republican Party has supported his approach when it comes to Europe, including an avid Trump supporter, rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“We don’t want to give or sell weapons to Ukraine or be involved in some foreign wars or continue the never -ending stream of foreign help,” said Greene on X. “We want to solve our own problems that tease our own people.”
Fleitz pointed out Trump’s decision to hit Iran directly and argued that it reflected Trump’s ability to be agile as a leader.
“He looked at the intelligence and realized that it came too close, and he decided to adjust his policy, what was first diplomacy,” Fleitz said.
“But Trump also specified something very important. He said to his supporters:” I came up with a concept of the America-first approach to American national security, and I decided what is in it, “Fleitz added.” He is owned by this approach and he will adjust if necessary. “
President Donald Trump meets NATO -Secretary -General Mark Rutte at NATO top in The Hague, the Netherlands, 25 June 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
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Although Trump had made it clear from the campaign track that he wanted to see that Europe played a leading role in the war in Ukraine, he went a big talk point of some within his party last week, including Vice president JD Vance.
Vance has argued against arming Ukraine and said in an OP-ED last year: “[It] Is not just a matter of dollars. Fundamentally we miss the capacity to produce the amount of weapons that Ukraine needs to deliver to win the war. “
Trump agreed to sell NATO countries top American weapons that will then be delivered to Ukraine.
“We want to defend our country. But in the end having a strong Europe is a very good thing,” said Trump, alongside NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte.
Security experts have largely argued that the future of the negotiating power of Ukraine and, ultimately, the end of the war, will take place on the battlefield.
On Thursday, John Hardie, deputy director of the Russia program of the FDD, the American legislators on the Helsinki committee, also told the Helsinki committee, also known as the Safety and Cooperation Committee in Europe, in a defense that Ukraine should be supplied with long-distance strike options that can hit the most important Russian rocket and drone substances.
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“Ukraine should not be limited to shoot ‘arrows’,” Hardie said. “An optimal approach will combine both attack and defense. Ukraine must be able to touch the ‘archer’ and the factories that make the ‘arrows’.
“Putin will not continue -led war as long as he thinks it is sustainable and offers a way to achieve his goals,” Hardie argued. “By strengthening Ukraine’s defense of her skies and enabling Ukraine to inflict the growing costs to the Russian war machine, as well as putting pressure on the Russian economy and the offensive potential of Russia on site, we can change that calculus.”
But Fleitz, who acts as vice chairman of the Center for American Security of the America First Policy Institute, said he believes that this war will only be terminated when a weapon agreement is being protected.
“I think there will probably be a truce where both parties will agree to suspend the fighting,” Fleitz said. “One day we will find a line where both countries agree to stop fighting.”
In the end he believes that this will be done by Ukraine who agrees not to add a certain period to NATO, although with the understanding of Moscow that Kyiv will be heavily armed by Western allies.
On this photo supplied by the Ukrainian presidential news agency, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zenskyy, Right and President Donald Trump talk, while attending the funeral of Pope Franciscus in Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Ukrainian presidential office via AP)
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“I think there is a way to do this where Russia would not worry about the growing West -European influence in Ukraine, and Ukraine would not be worried that Russia will invade as soon as a cease -fires or ceasefire,” he added. “Maybe this is a blowjob dream, but I think that is the most realistic way to stop the fighting.
“We know from history conflicts like this takes time; peace lights takes time,” said Fleitz. “I think Trump will have an effect on Putin over time.”
