This opinion was expressed by Ukrainian politician Oleh Rybachuk during a broadcast on Espreso TV."Trump has a certain phobia — he is very afraid of looking weak, both in his own eyes and in the eyes of his voters. And now he has practically exhausted all his options for pressuring Putin. By the way, U.S. journalists don’t sugarcoat things when asking him about his actions against Russia," Rybachuk explained.The politician noted that the situation is changing fundamentally today. Western support for Ukraine is growing, and Donald Trump is shifting his rhetoric toward Russia."Putin and his circle — Peskov, Lavrov, and Medvedev — are currently doing, from Ukraine’s point of view, the right things. They are essentially burning down any chance for Trump to explain how he will act next. As for Witkoff, I think he is just a messenger. The thing is, Trump immediately offered Putin recognition of Crimea, four Ukrainian regions, and a full renunciation of Ukraine's NATO membership. Trump still doesn’t understand why Putin didn’t agree. But the situation has now changed. Western support for Ukraine is increasing, and Trump is speaking more harshly about Russia. He says that if Putin doesn’t agree now, he’ll be forced to act tougher. Trump has repeatedly said he respects Putin, but he’s not leaving him any other option," Rybachuk concluded.On July 28, Donald Trump said he was disappointed in Vladimir Putin and planned to reduce the previously set 50-day reconciliation deadline with Ukraine.On July 28, Dmitry Medvedev threatened war with the United States in response to Trump reducing the deadline to 10–12 days for reaching peace with Ukraine.On July 29, the U.S. president announced that he had shortened the time for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine to 10 days.On July 31, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to Medvedev’s threats. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Medvedev an "irrelevant player" in Russian politics.On Friday, August 1, President Trump ordered two nuclear submarines to be deployed to certain regions in response to statements from Russian Security Council deputy head Dmitry Medvedev.On August 2, Trump stated that he had ordered the deployment of nuclear submarines in response to Medvedev’s threatening remarks for the safety of Americans.On the same day, the U.S. president said he did not rule out holding talks with Vladimir Putin within the remaining 10-day deadline to settle the war in Ukraine.