One of the myths about Trump is that he is good at deals. He is absolute dogshit at them. He fails to recognize the cards he has, concedes critical issues in advance and will back out on a whim.

Of course, in this case, the deal he wants is that Russia conquers and genocides Ukraine, so ...
Reposted from Nicholas Grossman
At the risk of pointing out the obvious, Zelensky is negotiating with a very big card: 3 years of thwarting Putin's attempted conquest, at an immense cost to Russia which they cannot sustain.

We can be confident Trump gets, at some level, how big that card is, because he keeps trying to weaken it.

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