Trump Threatens Russia With More Sanctions If No Ceasefire Negotiation With Ukraine ⋆ Conservative Firing Line

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : "Trump added, "You know, it's beautiful farmland, and it's flat and really beautiful in a different kind of way, but they don't have any protection.
60% : "It's quite an undertaking, but to increase his odds for success, Trump is putting everything on the table to get both parties to come to the table.
51% : "Similarly, here Trump is retaining the right to withhold U.S. weapons from Ukraine in order to create further incentives for both sides to come to the table.
49% : At his inaugural address on Jan. 20, Trump said he wants to be a peacemaker, stating, "We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end -- and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.
47% : All of those are chips to use in the negotiation and so naturally Trump won't give either of them away for free.
45% : For the parties, at the press conference, Trump reminded both Russia and Ukraine that the costs of the war are devastating, stating, "Russia's lost about 800,000 soldiers now.
36% : Similarly, both parties have expressed an interest in peace talks but differ drastically in goals -- Ukraine wants to join NATO to deter Russian aggression, and Russia's invasion was designed to make that impossible without triggering World War III -- so Trump is kicking off his own desire to start the talking by stating his own intentions to initiate the talks directly, and importantly, increasing the incentives for the parties to take his call.
31% : The news comes as Trump has tasked retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg with getting a deal done within 100 days, according to a Jan. 22 report by the Wall Street Journal.
30% : When asked if Trump would keep sending weapons to Ukraine, Trump kept his options open, stating, "we'll look into that.
26% : In the 2024 campaign, ending the ongoing war was a key issue for Trump, which he has warned could result in a nuclear war.

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