Trump has left Ukraine: why the US President supported Putin and did not call Zelensky
US President Donald Trump in the evening of Wednesday, June 4, reported that he spent the next - the fourth since returning to the White House - a telephone conversation with Putin. During a dialogue, which lasted an hour and 15 minutes, the sides, among other things, touched the operation of the SBU "Web". “We discussed the attack of Ukraine on Russian planes at airfields, as well as various other attacks that occur on both sides.
It was a good conversation, but not one that would lead to an immediate peace, ”the US President wrote on the social network Truth Social, adding, saying that Putin“ very much stated to him that he would be forced to respond to a recent airfield attack. ” Shortly after this statement of Trump, the Embassy of the United States in Ukraine, warning of the risk of shelling by the Russian Federation, called on US citizens to "exercise proper caution.
" It is significant that this time Donald Trump did not call Vladimir Zelensky for the first time on the results of talking to Putin. However, the Ukrainian president still reacted, in particular, the head of state said: “Unfortunately, Putin feels impunity and even after all the horrific Russian blows allegedly preparing some more" answers ". This means that every new blow, every new deferral of diplomacy, Russia shows the middle finger to the whole world.
He regards the silence of all who do not want to increase the pressure on Russia as a silent permission for new atrocities, new blows, new killings. And if the strong do not stop Putin, it means that they share responsibility with him. " The New York Times suggests that Trump did not try to refuse Putin from the impact of retribution. "He (US President - Focus) did not say in his statement whether he tried to refuse Putin at the attack.
The White House also did not answer the question whether he called for at least restraint! Meanwhile, according to the advisers, Trump is annoyed with both Putin and Zelensky, but especially Zelensky - he repeatedly called him "a bad guy who pushes the world to the abyss of nuclear war," NyT sums up.
The Hill draws attention to the change of Trump's position: "It is noteworthy that just a week ago Trump sharply criticized Putin for strikes in Ukrainian cities, calling him" absolutely crazy "and saying that he" plays with fire ", and today talks about" a good conversation with him. " At the same time, CNN believes that Trump in conversation with Putin looked more passive by an intermediary than a mediator - did not put pressure and did not move a step in a peaceful direction.
The leading expert of the National Institute for Strategic Studies Ivan Us, analyzing Trump's conversation with Putin for focus, notes: “Apparently, the United States is gaining momentum in the United States, an internal political game is gaining momentum, one with the scenario of which Trump will play the role The topic of new anti -Russian sanctions will pump. " According to the expert, internal political "acute American games" are very reflected in the relationship of Kiev and Washington.
“In Ukraine, which is clearly evidenced by the reaction of President Zelensky to Trump's conversation with Putin, all this is perceived as blood games. And in general, I personally get a stable impression that Trump is currently actively creating what he knows well - chaos. He does this so that not only in Russia, but all over the world, they could not understand at all what his clear position in the Russian-Ukrainian war is.
Meanwhile, the dynamics of Trump's behavior, as for me, is very concerned about the Republican Party, which is already immersed in the election campaign and fears that the demonstrative and politically toxic flutter of Trump with Putin can hurt her electoral positions, ”Ivan Us emphasizes.
The fact that the US President has changed public rhetoric on Putin, the expert does not mean that the United States will generally take a similar position, since the power system still retains a certain balance. “Republicans are now, and this is clearly traced in the media plane, fearing that in the election on November 2, 2026 they can lose.
Actually, this fear will motivate them to implement a script when Trump does not do there, and both chambers of the US Congress will occupy, as strange as it would be strange now, the antitramplate position, despite the fact that they have a majority there now, ”Ivan Us sums up.
Despite the uncontrolled skepticism of President Zelensky, Trump's last telephone conversation with Putin demonstrated the faith of the US President that with Russia it is possible and should be negotiated on a variety of tracks, including the Russian-Ukrainian war, says political scientist Alexei Yakubin. “It is necessary to realize that the Russian-Ukrainian war is only one of the talking cases between the White House and the Kremlin.
Trump has now contacted Putin, first of all, because there are agreements between the US and the Russian Federation on the monitoring of strategic bombers, which is why the conversation was about the Web operation. And since the peaceful-intergregation process really pushes, he apparently decided that there was nothing to speak with Zelensky after Putin. Plus, he may have been offended that Kiev has warned the US at the stage of operation.
But at the same time, pay attention to the fact that Trump has rested the article by The Washington Post that Congress can give him additional levers of influence on Putin's pressure, adopting a law on new sanctions against Russia, ”the expert emphasizes in conversation with focus. In general, according to the political scientist, an important role in Trump's position, "what should not be in great politics," still play emotions.
In this context, the expert draws attention to constant publications in the Western media, which states that Trump is extremely annoyed that he fails to end the Russian-Ukrainian war as quickly as he planned. At the same time, Alexei Yakubin emphasizes, Ukraine should understand that Trump is not all the United States, and it is largely dependent on political weather within the states, including the desire of many congressmen and senators to support 500% of anti -Russian sanctions.