Thursday Poll Day – Trump’s 28 point Plan for Ukraine

Today the media is dominated with discussion of Donald Trump’s 28-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine.

It seems tilted toward Russia if compared to the earlier 10-point plan offered by Zelenskyy. In as much as this was laid down initially it has worked as a kind of anchor in negotiation where everything that moves away from that is seen as tilted towards Russia, but that on the other hand is what was always going to happen. He is negotiating after all with Russia and his initial anchor reflects what for Zelenskyy’s view of Ukriane would be the best poutcome. It was always going to be that the final outcome wouldn’t be exactly what he wanted. Donald Trump has produced a plan some distance away from that, in reaction to which Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will have to choose between loss of dignity and loss of a key strategic partner. Continue reading “Thursday Poll Day – Trump’s 28 point Plan for Ukraine”