CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Phil Williams: The Art of the Summit
President Trump and Vladimir Putin engage in shuttle diplomacy to mediate the Ukraine conflict, where over 250,000 Russian troops have died, aiming to reduce ongoing hostilities.
- Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, triggering large-scale fighting and international attention in Europe and beyond.
- The conflict followed Putin’s 2014 decision to annex Crimea, gaining ports and land bridges and massing troops on Ukraine's eastern border.
- The U.S. has engaged in shuttle diplomacy, with President Trump meeting Putin to discuss ending the war and applying penalties to pressure both sides.
- Casualties include over 250,000 Russian troop deaths, 700,000 wounded, 80,000 Ukrainian soldier deaths, and more than 14,000 Ukrainian civilian fatalities.
- Ongoing negotiations, NATO revamping, and a galvanized European Union demonstrate a complex effort to mediate and potentially resolve this broad European conflict.
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What remains of the recent summit meetings? US President Trump must draw a conclusion to his success as a peacemaker.
CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Phil Williams: The Art of the Summit - LaGrange Daily News
I recently made an appearance on a national panel to discuss the Trump-Putin Summit. To say that I was outnumbered on the panel would be an understatement. At some point the thought occurred to me that members of the panel seemed to hate Trump more than they loved America. Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is real […]
CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Phil Williams: The Art of the Summit
I recently made an appearance on a national panel to discuss the Trump-Putin Summit. To say that I was outnumbered on the panel would be an understatement. At some point the thought occurred to me that members of the panel seemed to hate Trump more than they loved America. Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is real my friends. As lopsided as the panel was, truth remained truth. But truth never gets in the way of TDS. The overarching narrative of c…
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