The U.S. president keeps repeating himself, seemingly oblivious to the meaning of his own words.In chess — the “game of the wise” — there’s a rule called “threefold repetition”: if the same position occurs three times, it automatically results in a draw. It seems the American president is already close to that point — or has perhaps crossed the line. Are Trump or his advisers even aware of this?What Putin wants most is not to “make deals” with Trump, but to destroy independent Ukraine and overturn the balance of power — first in Europe, and, as he maniacally hopes, eventually in the world as well.Therefore, such statements from the U.S. president can be interpreted as an intention to step out of the game — whether one sees it through Freud or without psychoanalysis. In any case, Trump seems, at the very least, on the verge of repeating the same position.Moreover, speaking aboard Air Force One, when asked about the “final straw” that would convince him Putin doesn’t want to end the war, he said literally: “There is no ‘final straw.’ Sometimes you have to let it fight it out… Sometimes you have to let it, you know, just get fought out.” What is this, if not the self-removal of a “peacemaker” — exactly what Russia wants today?As for providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, Trump said he would not do so now but did not rule it out in the future. In other words, he repeated the trick from an old Odesa joke — let him (meaning Putin) be afraid now.Once again, I’m convinced of the wisdom of the saying that we must stop listening to what the old Narcissus says and simply follow the principle: do what must be done, and whatever will be, will be. We will win.SourceAbout the author. Serhii Tykhyi, Ukrainian journalist, editor-in-chief of the Main Editorial Office of Operational Analytics at the Ukrainian National News Agency Ukrinform.The editorial team does not always share the opinions expressed by blog or column authors.