Short-term ceasefire won't lead to Ukraine peace if Trump keeps backing Putin | Trudy Rubin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The question now is whether Trump will use a short ceasefire to try to squeeze Kyiv into a quick surrender, so the president can declare victory and openly pursue his much-desired alliance with Putin.
33% : I don't believe Zelensky will agree to the suicide deal Putin wants and Trump appears willing to endorse.
32% : (Trump never mentions that Ukraine's brave fight has undercut a prime U.S. adversary -- Russia -- while teaching the Pentagon how to fight the wars of the future.)
30% : Unless they believe we should join an alliance of dictators who, like Trump, disdain the values for which our Founding Fathers fought.
28% : Yet, Trump blatantly lies that Putin can be trusted, even though the Russian has broken every deal he's ever made with Ukraine.
27% : Not if Trump and his minions continue their attempt to bludgeon Ukraine into accepting a "peace" deal on Vladimir Putin's terms.
27% : Yet, bowing to Putin, Trump has unilaterally endorsed Russia's demands that Ukraine be excluded from NATO and give up all territory occupied by Moscow -- without even consulting Kyiv.
25% : For weeks, Trump has been making concessions to Putin, over Ukraine's head, without demanding anything in return from the Kremlin.
13% : (But the attacks on Zelensky have only boosted his popularity ratings in Ukraine, which far exceed Trump's in the U.S.) Trump has also tried to ruin Zelensky's reputation among Americans by inferring the Ukrainian leader is a moocher.

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