Trump Putin NATO membership exclusion Ukraine, Korean media ‘immediate start of trilateral negotiations’
Trump and Putin agreed to negotiate by opposing ‘NATO membership’, the cause of Ukraine’s war, and excluding Ukraine’s participation in a phone call, but Korean media changed it to ‘immediate start of trilateral ceasefire negotiations.’
In the negotiation conditions agreement between the US and Russia, Ukraine was excluded from participation, and it seems that ‘withdrawal of NATO membership’, the cause of the war, was included.
President Trump’s TruthSocial article on the 12th said ‘Agreement to start bilateral negotiations between the US and Russia in a phone call with Putin’, and there was no ‘agreement to start negotiations’ in the conversation with Zelensky after Putin, but most Korean media reported it as ‘agreement to start negotiations immediately in the three-nation summit phone call led by Trump.’ The AP reported on the 12th that “President Trump said during a phone call with President Putin that he ‘thinks we’re on the path to peace’ and then spoke with Ukrainian President Zelensky, but did not confirm whether Ukraine would be an equal participant in negotiations with the United States and Russia.”
In the title <Trump upends U.S. policy on Ukraine, says he and Putin agree to begin talks to end war>, the AP said, “President Trump said he would ‘probably’ meet with President Putin in the near future, suggesting that it could happen in Saudi Arabia,” indicating a separation between the U.S.-Russia summit and Ukraine.
When asked specifically by reporters about ‘Ukraine being an equal participant in peace talks,’ President Trump responded, “That’s an interesting question. I think they should make peace.” The AP reported that in another blow to Ukraine’s aspirations for NATO membership, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told NATO headquarters in Brussels that it was “unrealistic” for Ukraine to join. Trump later responded to the remarks by saying, “I personally don’t think it’s practical to have it,” adding, “It’s either improbable or impractical. I think it’s probably not.” The AP reported that after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Biden administration, along with other NATO members, declared that joining the Western military alliance was “inevitable,” and Trump said of Russia on the 12th, “I said long before Putin came along, there’s no way they’re going to allow it,” adding, “They’ve been saying for a long time that Ukraine can’t join NATO. And I'm okay," he said, confirming his opposition to NATO membership.
Kremlin spokesman Peskov told reporters that day, "The Russian president supported one of the main propositions of the U.S. president that the time has come for our two countries to cooperate," adding, "The Russian president invited the U.S. president to visit Moscow. Of course, he expressed his readiness to invite U.S. officials to Russia to discuss issues of mutual interest, including Ukraine and Ukrainian settlements,” confirming the exclusion of Ukraine.
In his remarks that day, President Trump confirmed the “mineral guarantee deal” by saying, “We are asking for security for our money,” and “they agreed.”
Ahead of Trump’s negotiations with Russia, Ukraine proposed a deal in which U.S. military aid would continue in exchange for developing Ukraine’s mineral industry.
Trump said the aid would continue to flow, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visited Ukraine ahead of his call with Putin, and in his remarks that day, he suggested that the U.S. was working to obtain written assurances that Ukraine would have access to rare earths, oil and gas.
Regarding the situation that day, Trump said, “Trump’s conversation with Putin sent a potentially dramatic signal that Washington and Moscow could negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine bypassing the Ukrainian government,” and “by doing so, it breaks with the Biden administration, which has insisted that Kiev would be fully involved in any decisions.” The New York Times reported on the 12th that at the first meeting of the NATO Defense Ministers' Meeting at the Brussels headquarters just before Trump's phone call with Putin, U.S. Defense Secretary Hegses said that returning Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders was an "unrealistic" and "illusory" goal for the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump is seeking to achieve, and that trying to reclaim all the territories occupied by Russia would "only prolong the war and cause more suffering."
Hegses went on to say that regarding Ukraine's security, "it would be the responsibility of European and non-European forces engaged in 'non-NATO missions' that are not protected by Article 5 of NATO's collective defense," and that "President Trump does not support Ukraine's entry into NATO as part of a realistic peace plan."
The Ukrainian Defense Minister attended the first meeting where Hegsesny spoke, and Ukraine was excluded from the NATO Defense Ministers' Meeting on the 13th. Hours after Hegseth’s Brussels remarks, Trump posted on social media, “We talked about our respective strengths and the great benefits that could come from working together someday,” adding, “But first, as we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths in this war with Russia/Ukraine.” The Times reported on Trump’s social media post, “In a social media post that equated the deaths of hundreds of thousands to millions, the two men ‘agreed to begin negotiations immediately’ to end the war.” In his social media post, Trump listed Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, his national security adviser Michael Waltz, and his designated Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff as his negotiating team, but left out his own designated Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg. Witkoff, who suddenly appeared as the Middle East envoy, made a dramatic visit to Moscow earlier this week to secure the release of Mark Fogel, an American teacher who had been imprisoned in Russia for more than three years, and fly him back to the United States on his personal plane. When reporters asked about the complete exclusion of retired General Keith Kellogg, the special envoy for Russia-Ukraine relations, on the 12th, White House press secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters, “He remains an important part of this team and this effort, and he remains a ‘very’ important part of the administration,” and did not give a reason for the exclusion.
Reporters repeatedly asked whether President Trump had spoken with President Putin before the 12th, and the White House declined to comment.
The New York Times reported, “Several people in the U.S. government who knew about such a call (Trump-Putin call before the 12th) said they were not aware of it, according to people briefed on the conversation,” and “President Trump had frequently praised Putin, calling him a ‘genius’ since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but in the first week of his second term, he has become more critical, saying Putin should not have invaded,” indicating a drastic change in attitude. Regarding Trump’s February 2022 comment, “Putin is a genius, Russian troops are peacekeepers,” the New York Times reported on February 22, 2022, with the headline “Trump, again cozying up to Putin, praises Russian aggression as ‘genius.’” and the subtitle “In a radio interview, the former president described Russian troops stationed along the Ukrainian border as peacekeepers.” The article stated, “In July 2016, President Trump directly appealed to Russia to hack and release the emails of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, and on the same day, Russia first attempted to hack into the server used by Mrs. Clinton’s personal office.” It also stated, “Upon his election, President Trump repeatedly expressed unusual respect for Russia, breaking decades of American precedent, and he expressed respect for President Putin among other strongman leaders.”
‘Yonhap News’ reported on the 13th with the title <Trump, Putin, Zelensky Talks… Agrees to Immediately Start Armistice Negotiations in Ukraine>.
‘Chosun Ilbo’ reported with <Trump, Putin, Zelensky Talks… “Agrees to Immediately Start Armistice Negotiations”>.
‘Hankyoreh’ reported with <Trump “Agrees to Immediately Start Armistice Negotiations”… Agrees to Call Putin, Zelensky>.
JTBC reported with <Trump, Putin-Zelensky Talks Back-to-Back… “Both Countries Start Armistice Negotiations”>.
SBS reported with <Trump, Putin, Zelensky Talks… Agrees to Immediately Start Armistice Negotiations in Ukraine>.
MBC reported with <Trump “Talks with Putin, Agrees to Immediately Start Armistice Negotiations in Ukraine”>.
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