Oleh Saakian, political scientist and co-founder of the National Platform for Resilience and Cohesion, said this on Espreso TV."Trump has sharply changed his position. Why did this happen right now? Due to pressure from domestic and foreign policy. The internal dynamics were already forcing him to take a tough position—whatever it might be, as the midterm elections to the Senate are ahead, as well as a whole range of other problems. To this is added the external factor: Europe is increasingly actively claiming the status of a geopolitical entity in the U.S.-China-Europe triangle," noted Saakian.According to the political scientist, under the pressure of these circumstances, Trump's room for maneuver is narrowing, and he is forced to take a certain position now. After all, the previous approach he followed proved to be untenable. He constantly flirted with Putin and ultimately received nothing but shame, ridicule, and even outright mockery—both from his own team and from the leaders of other countries."Why did he take such steps? I assume that behind this was a great illusion: Russia is strong. Trump truly imagined Russia as a powerful state, and Ukraine as much weaker and more dependent on the U.S. He probably gave Putin time until the end of the summer to carry out a summer offensive campaign, in which he promised to capture the Donetsk region and achieve significant results. And then Trump could count on appearing in a 'white coat'—as the savior of Ukraine, when Putin was actively advancing. It didn't work out," emphasized Saakian.The co-founder of the National Platform for Resilience and Cohesion also noted that Trump saw that Ukraine is capable of holding on without direct U.S. support, provided there is help from Europe and internal cohesion. And Russia turned out to be not so strong after all."Therefore, when Trump talks about a 'paper tiger' and says that Putin let me down—this is not far from the truth. He may actually be voicing what he thinks. After all, the entire scenario was built on a false, inadequate assessment of the balance of power in the war. And now Trump is truly turning around.But at the same time, he may want to restore a direct dialogue with Russia on global security issues, nuclear control, etc., while setting aside the Russian-Ukrainian war. After all, in his statement, he clearly says that Europe and NATO support Ukraine. That is, he is effectively removing himself from the negotiation process that did not work. In other words, he is saying: 'I will not be part of the problem, but I will not be part of the solution either'," the political scientist explained.In Saakian's opinion, Trump can afford wider maneuvers regarding possible agreements with China on the war in Ukraine."And then voices will appear in Ukraine again: how is it that here he declares the need to defeat Russia, to liberate territories, and in parallel, he meets with Putin, signs some agreements on the Arctic, or negotiates with Xi Jinping about settling the war without Ukraine's participation, perhaps even without Russia. It is likely that all this is still ahead, in the coming months," the expert suggested.The political scientist added that globally, there will be no 180-degree turn from Trump—as this is no longer just his personal position, but the result of changes in American policy to which Trump is forced to react."Now Trump is more predictable. And we at least know what we can count on. The 'darkest night' with Trump, I think, we have already passed. In the future, he will most likely not be pro-Ukrainian, but he will certainly no longer be pro-Russian," Saakian summarized.Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on U.S. President Donald Trump's statement about Ukraine's chances of reclaiming its territories, calling it a shifting of responsibility for ending the war onto Europe.