Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax that without some changes on the part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump could simply “walk away” from attempts to reach a peace deal with Russia.
Holt told the “Chris Salcedo Show” that the picture looks bleak for Ukraine. “We’re really at the point where if President Zelenskyy doesn’t wake up, understand what he’s lost militarily and what he can lose, then it may be time for President Trump to do what he’s saying he’s going to do, which is walk away.”
Holt said by all appearances Trump is beyond frustrated with the potential of peace between Ukraine and Russia, and his primary leverage is to let them finish it. “That is his trump card because he didn’t cause this war. So the Russians are indicating that, Look, they put a heck of a deal on the table, which was, we’ll just keep the land we have. That was yesterday.”
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