Putin’s Ukraine missile a warning to west before second age of Trump
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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:00:06 +0200
The current escalations will set a new status quo for life under Trump what does the US president have plannedLike Chekhovs gun coming off the wall in Act V, it was probably only a matter of time before Vladimir Putin launched an experimental, nuclearcapable ballistic missile into Ukraine.
It is hardly a coincidence that his decision comes as the war approaches a likely endgame, with both sides jockeying for position ahead of negotiations in the shadow of Donald Trump.Neither Ukraine nor Russia quite knows what Trump will do when he takes office in January.
But the escalations taking place now will set a new status quo for the day he becomes president, at which point Trumps options range from hardnosed horsetrading to simply throwing Ukraine under the bus.
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