"Together, they have put together a 28-point 'peace plan' which has surprised the Ukrainians, the Europeans, and possibly even the State Department. …

Most disturbing, though, are the Russian-American financial deals that seem to be lurking in the background. The US would somehow get control of $100 billion in frozen Russian assets, currently kept in European banks, and use that money to make profits in Ukraine. And there is more."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine
/16

"The plan is a Russian wish list. ...

Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/1

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-21-2025

"Together, they have put together a 28-point 'peace plan' which has surprised the Ukrainians, the Europeans, and possibly even the State Department. …

Most disturbing, though, are the Russian-American financial deals that seem to be lurking in the background. The US would somehow get control of $100 billion in frozen Russian assets, currently kept in European banks, and use that money to make profits in Ukraine. And there is more."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine
/16

"Who benefits from Trump's deals with the Russians and the Saudis? Not us.

Steve Witkoff is a real-estate developer with no historical, geographical, or cultural knowledge of Russia or Ukraine. Kirill Dmitriev heads Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund, a day job that involves negotiating financial deals designed to benefit the Russian oligarchs who control the state, including Putin."

~ Anne Applebaum

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine
/15

https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/cui-bono

"Kaja Kallas, Europe’s Secretary of State quotes Russian foreign minister Andrei Gromyko in Soviet times about Russian "negotiation" tactics:

"First, demand the maximum. Do not ask, but demand something that has never been yours.

Second, present ultimatums. You know, threaten.

And third, do not give one inch in negotiations."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/8

https://bsky.app/profile/kajakallas.bsky.social/post/3m67jchgjm22t

In a point-by-point analysis of the "peace" proposal for Russia's assault on Ukraine entitled "Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win," Nicholas Grossman responds to 28 points made by the proposal.

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine
/13

https://www.arcdigital.media/p/trump-and-witkoff-try-to-get-russia

"U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials, the Kyiv Independent has learned.

Witkoff — a real estate mogul with no diplomatic background before his appointment — has emerged as one of the central architects of a new Washington peace proposal that Ukrainian officials say revives the Kremlin's most sweeping demands."

~ Tim Zadorozhnyy

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine
/12

https://kyivindependent.com/exclusive-is-trump-envoy-working-with-russia-witkoff-runs-operation-to-sideline-pro-ukraine-officials-inside-white-house/

"They want Putin to win and Ukraine to be devastated.

Sadly they fooled too many people for too long with their con. We can only hope the damage is not terminal."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/11

"All we have seen in the last few days is a return to the Trump administration’s true & enduring position. It was a position that they made completely clear in February when Trump & Vance ambushed Zelensky in the Oval Office. ...

At least now the con is over & the Trump administration (& Trump & Vance are the drivers here—not Witkoff who is a patsy) is back to telling the truth."

~ Phillips P. O'Brien

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/10

https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-long-con-comes-to-an-end

"The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else."

~ Anne Applebaum

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/9

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/trumps-war-peace/685024/?gift=ZIT7NMCmIj_IC4HqpIXYJsRdE44mON6SDp98rk0lviU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

"Kaja Kallas, Europe’s Secretary of State quotes Russian foreign minister Andrei Gromyko in Soviet times about Russian "negotiation" tactics:

"First, demand the maximum. Do not ask, but demand something that has never been yours.

Second, present ultimatums. You know, threaten.

And third, do not give one inch in negotiations."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/8

https://bsky.app/profile/kajakallas.bsky.social/post/3m67jchgjm22t

"This Russian-drafted propaganda must be rejected and disregarded for the unserious nonsense that it is. This moment requires Peace Through Strength, not appeasement."

~ Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick quoted by Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/7

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/congress-loudly-rebuked-trump-on

The US informed #NATO allies that they will pressure #Zelensky to sign a peace agreement between the US and #Russia within a few days, warning that otherwise #Ukraine will face a much worse deal later, claims The Guardian.

The US informed #NATO allies that they will pressure #Zelensky to sign a peace agreement between the US and #Russia within a few days, warning that otherwise #Ukraine will face a much worse deal later, claims The Guardian.

"A gift to Putin"

~Kenneth Roth

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/22/trump-ukraine-peace-plan-gift-to-putin

"Appears to have been drafted by Russia"

~ Robert B. Hubbell

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/friday-was-opposite-day-in-trumpworld

"A moral betrayal and a strategic blunder"

~ Mark Hertling

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-russia-peace-territory-frozen-conflict

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/6

"They present a starting block that is so advantageous that even achieving parts of it would be a huge win. And they also provide an edifice to which Russian diplomats can constantly return if they wish to, yet again, slow-roll diplomacy while their military has the advantage."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/5

"Much of the text resembles the maximalist positions Russia held during talks in Istanbul in 2022 when its forces held more of Ukraine, and the slow, grinding military embarrassment of the past three years was still ahead of them. ...

The 28 leaked points serve two purposes for Moscow."

~ Nick Paton Walsh

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/4

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-peace-analysis-intl

"In the world before NATO and the other international institutions that were created after World War II, powerful countries dominated smaller countries, which had to do as their powerful neighbors demanded in order to survive."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/3

"This plan, complete with its suggestion that the U.S. is no longer truly a part of NATO but can broker between NATO and Russia, would replace the post–World War II rules-based international order with a new version of an older order."

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/2

"The plan is a Russian wish list. ...

Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle #NATO
/1

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-21-2025