Donald Trump and Russia — the association goes back to the former president’s first run for the top job in the United States and accusations that the Kremlin worked to help him get into the White House in 2016.
Amid his current re-election campaign, Trump has repeatedly claimed he can quickly put an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, without presenting a detailed plan as the US presidential election draws near.
His running mate, JD Vance, has now presented — in a podcast — some details about what a second Trump administration vision for Washington’s future role in the conflict would look like.
Let’s take a look at the plan and what it would mean for everyone involved.
The former president has cited US policy towards Ukraine numerous times to blast the Democratic Party leadership, arguing that they have been funding and arming a large-scale, open-ended war that does not benefit the US.
Trump has claimed the war would have never started had he won the 2020 election, and has boasted of being able to end the war “in 24 hours”. He has presented no evidence to support either claim.
During the presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris last week, he said, if elected in November, he would “get it done before even becoming president” in January. But Trump suggested laying out the plan in detail would expose him in negotiations.
“I have a very exacting plan on how to stop Ukraine and Russia. And I have a certain idea, maybe not a plan, but an idea for China,” Trump said last week in a podcast interview with Lex Fridman. He later added: “But I can’t give you those plans because if I give you those plans, I’m not going to be able to use them. They’ll be unsuccessful. Part of it’s surprise.”
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