Israel’s strike on Iran cleared Trump’s problem of withdrawing from the Ukraine-Russia negotiations — political scientist Preobrazhensky
Israel's attack on Iran solved the problem of U.S. President Donald Trump withdrawing from the Ukraine-Russia negotiations, political scientist Ivan Preobrazhensky expressed in an interview with NV on June 25.
Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran has, in the view of political scientist Preobrazhensky, essentially solved one major problem for the president — how to exit negotiations between Russia and Ukraine without losing face. Now, Preobrazhensky said in an interview with NV, Trump faces a more pressing issue in the Middle East. If U.S. troops are deployed, it would shift priorities, as a war involving American forces would naturally take precedence over one where they are not involved.
According to Preobrazhensky, Trump is weighing whether economic cooperation with Russia offers any benefits and whether American businesses would support such a move.
“The outcome of the Russian-Ukrainian war remains unclear. Putin, who refuses even profitable deals, and Zelenskyy, who rejects unprofitable ones. Therefore, everything happening now provides a good excuse to withdraw from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and move on,” Preobrazhensky explained, offering his perspective on how Trump views the situation.
He added that Trump may still be deliberating whether to establish cooperation with Vladimir Putin or consider the idea closed. Preobrazhensky believes this uncertainty is why Trump “continues to engage in simulated negotiations.”
During the G7 summit in Canada from June 15-17, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to meet with Trump. However, on June 16, CNN, citing the White House, reported that Trump left the summit early and returned to Washington due to escalating hostilities between Iran and Israel.
The G7 summit ended without a final communiqué, largely due to disagreements with Trump. Support for Ukraine was only briefly mentioned in a statement from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who chaired the summit.
On June 25, Zelenskyy and Trump met at the NATO summit in The Hague for a 50-minute discussion. Details of the meeting remain undisclosed.
According to Bloomberg, during a closed session with NATO leaders, Trump remarked that “something needs to be done” about Ukraine, calling the situation there “completely out of control.” A source told the agency that Trump made the comment despite showing an “apparent lack of enthusiasm” for the meeting with Zelenskyy.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Trump would ignore European requests to tighten sanctions against Russia.
“If we do what everyone here wants, which is to come and crush them with even more sanctions, we will probably lose our ability to talk to them about a ceasefire, and then who will talk to them?” Rubio said on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
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