Unlike during his first term in the White House, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears determined to keep many of his campaign promises.
His Cabinet nominations — from the Kremlin-friendly Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence to the conspiracy-loving vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as secretary of health and human services — confirm Trump’s commitment to a scorched-earth campaign against American institutions and perceived “enemies within.” And his victory speech suggests that he is serious about “stopping wars” — beginning with the one in Ukraine.
Trump has long asserted that he would end the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office. There has been much speculation about the settlement Trump has in mind and the scenarios all have one thing in common: Ukraine’s dismemberment. If this has to be the cost of peace, it is worth considering the grim history of territorial partition.
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