Will Trump's Ukraine Peace Deal Effectively Be A Form Of Putin Appeasement?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : It is worth remembering that Trump and Putin appeared to strike up quite the friendship during the Republican's first term in office, and the president-elect even praised Putin's invasion in 2022, calling it "genius" and "savvy".
53% : Writing for the Atlantic Council earlier this month, she said: "Putin appears to be as committed as ever to his goal of extinguishing Ukrainian statehood entirely."She said: "As Donald Trump attempts to implement his campaign promise and end the war in Ukraine, he is likely to discover that his famed deal-making skills are no match for Putin's single-minded obsession with the destruction of Ukraine.
52% : Zelenskyy has been presenting Trump with his "victory plan" for months, and appears to softening his language around negotiations.
50% : Will we be part of the EU?
48% : "There's a mutual interest between Trump and Putin to do something but of course the wild card is Ukraine, which would prefer to survive," Giles said, adding: "The likelihood of Ukraine agreeing to something that blights its future permanently is pretty slim.
44% : Trump claims to be such a good mediator that he is not even afraid to do deals with ruthless dictators - like Vladimir Putin.
41% : Giles also noted there would be some diplomatic benefit to freezing the war, saying: "To some extent Putin will want to make Trump look good if they're looking for future cooperation.
37% : Putin has also said he was "ready" to talk to Trump - but a deal depends on more than just those two.
36% : And will actually stop the war - or just appease Putin, temporarily?Will Trump actually be able to set up some kind of Ukraine-Russia peace deal?
35% : According to Forbes, Trump can still get a "great deal" for Kyiv without asking all the Russian forces in Crimea and the eastern part of the country.
34% : For Trump, that most likely means living up to his own promises of ending the war - at least, for now - while, for Putin, it means weakening Ukraine and taking as much of its land as he can.
33% : But, with his inauguration less than a month away, just how likely is it that Trump will be able to secure a deal?
32% : While the rest of Ukraine's allies have refused to consider organising a truce with the Kremlin until Kyiv initiates it, Trump has already pledged to end the three-year war within his day.
32% : According to senior consulting fellow of Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, Keir Giles, Trump will probably be able to force Moscow and Kyiv to agree to something which he can portray as a deal.
32% : The best outcome for Ukraine would be if Trump were to reject any request from Putin, throw his weight fully behind Ukraine and lift any restrictions on US weaponry to Kyiv - but that's pretty unlikely to happen considering the recent promises from his incoming administration.
28% : He said: "Trump can use leverage against Kyiv far more effectively than he can on Putin for example, by freezing aide to Ukraine."Without the US, Kyiv would be less restrained in terms of how it fights Moscow.

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