Putin's clear message: the Ukrainian issue will be resolved... only on Russia's terms, Trump understood this and withdrew the Tomahawks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump wants quick peace to confirm that he is a peacemaker, but he does not understand the Russian positions... in the last phone conversation, Putin told Trump...
57% : A new meeting between the presidents of Russia and the U.S. is necessary, partly to point this out to Trump, as well as to highlight all the political consequences of becoming involved in someone else's war.
57% : The issue was not the Tomahawks themselves, which, as such, are incapable of influencing the course of military operations - Russia was not worried about the Tomahawk missiles.
50% : You choose - that was Putin's message to Trump.
50% : Its main outcome is that things continued as they were, and Trump stopped being an obstacle.
50% : Trump does not need systematic, persistent work on Ukraine aimed at completely eliminating the possibility of conflict that has accumulated around that country, which could lead to a major war.
50% : Trump needs a quick, flashy public-relations boost to confirm his claim of being the world's leading peacemaker. To fulfill his campaign promise to end Biden's war. To reaffirm his status as the leader of the Western world, which is currently being challenged.
50% : Trump, however, found it more advantageous to establish a process for conflict resolution rather than to pressure Putin and escalate the situation, to avoid America becoming involved in the war again.
50% : Instead of a peace process requiring time and addressing the deeper causes of the conflict, Trump gradually began again to demand quick and easy results.
50% : The Russians kneel only to tie their shoelaces Despite the incredible noise in the Western media, which obsessed over every detail of the upcoming meeting between Zelensky and Trump, in reality, Zelensky didn't really need that official meeting.
50% : Therefore, everything and more had been done to persuade Trump, and the only thing left was to obtain the final official approval.
50% : Putin's checkmate move Russian President Putin had a phone conversation with Trump while Zelensky was flying to the United States.
50% : And after his conversation with Putin, Trump declared that now the Americans themselves needed the Tomahawks.
50% : Western media described the moment quite vividly: "Putin's conversation with Trump was an unpleasant surprise for Zelensky.
50% : " "After Putin's talks with Trump, the plans of the Ukrainian delegation sank.
50% : The negotiations were delayed by 30 minutes because Trump was listening to an Italian singer.
50% : There was no official joint statement or press conference -- Trump simply left... without even saying goodbye to Zelensky.
50% : As France24 reported, "Zelensky had been tasked with reprogramming Trump.
50% : " According to eyewitnesses, Zelensky begged, evaded, argued, and offered Trump everything possible, but in vain.
50% : Trump had never complimented Putin's suits, and it's fair to say that Zelensky completely outdid him here.
46% : " Suddenly, the Tomahawks were sidelined Before Zelensky's meeting with Trump, the Western press had called the Tomahawks "game changers" and "Trump's ace," something that "could bring Russia to its knees.
45% : Trump promised to be on standby Trump refused to give Zelensky the Tomahawks but promised to "be on standby" during future talks with Putin in Budapest (that is, to sit there and watch the phone, in case it rings), and even complimented his suit.

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