President Trump calls Zelensky ‘inflammatory’ while licking the boots of the man who lit the match—Putin. In plain English, Trump’s peace plan isn’t diplomacy; it’s a dirty backroom deal between a real estate hustler and a KGB thug, with democracy as collateral damage.
When a man walks into a peace negotiation carrying a carrot for his friend and a stick for the victim, don’t be shocked when the peace plan collapses like a house built on Jell-O. That’s exactly what’s happening with President Donald Trump’s so-called peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. For someone who bragged he could end the war “within 24 hours,” Trump’s first hundred days have produced nothing but political flatulence—loud, offensive, and devoid of substance.
Let’s not beat around the Crimean bush: Trump’s peace plan is a disaster because it started from the wrong premise. Rather than approaching the war as a brutal invasion by Vladimir Putin—a man who launched missiles, buried towns, bombed children’s hospitals, and orchestrated a trail of war crimes—Trump strutted onto the world stage treating Putin like an old golf buddy. Worse still, Trump threw Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky under the diplomatic bus, calling him “inflammatory” for daring to assert his nation’s right to territorial integrity. That’s like blaming a woman for screaming while she’s being mugged.
The core of Trump’s “peace” proposal looks less like a negotiation and more like a clearance sale on Ukraine’s sovereignty. Trump is reportedly peddling a plan that includes recognizing Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea (a crime committed in 2014 under the barrel of a gun), permanently barring Ukraine from joining NATO, and removing sanctions placed on Russia for its 2014 and 2022 invasions. Ukraine, in this twisted logic, gets to stop bleeding—if it agrees to stop fighting and let the robber keep what he stole. There are no real guarantees for Ukraine’s safety, no firm promises of military support, and no punishment for Putin’s continued aggression. Instead, Russia is trusted to “keep its word.” That’s like asking a fox to guard the henhouse because it promised not to eat anyone this time.
Trump’s defenders claim the plan isn’t all bad—it doesn’t formally recognize Russia’s 2022 grab of four Ukrainian provinces, and it doesn’t limit Ukraine’s future military size. But that’s like applauding a thief for robbing only half the bank. The fact remains: the plan rewards aggression, forgives crimes, and punishes the victim.
Even Trump’s own vice president, J.D. Vance, has hinted that Trump may soon “walk away” from the process. That’s rich coming from a man who said he could end the war in a day. Now, with zero results in nearly 100 days, Trump’s walking away like a cheap magician who forgot the trick. The damage, however, might last much longer. If he ends arms supplies to Ukraine, or cuts off intelligence sharing, or blocks Europe from getting Patriot air-defense systems—Ukraine will be left holding a wooden sword in a tank battle.
And let’s talk about Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, the luxury real estate mogul turned amateur diplomat. His mission? To schmooze Putin into accepting the deal. This is the same Putin whose regime murdered political opponents, invaded two neighboring countries, and tried to assassinate dissidents on foreign soil. Sending Witkoff to Moscow is like sending a matchstick to extinguish a forest fire. It’s all optics, no substance.
President Zelensky, understandably, isn’t buying any of it. He has flatly refused to legitimize Russia’s seizure of Crimea or surrender his nation’s NATO ambitions. His country has paid the price in blood and rubble, yet Trump calls him “inflammatory.” That statement alone reveals the grotesque imbalance in Trump’s view of the conflict. The invader is treated like a misunderstood businessman, while the defender is scolded like a naughty schoolboy.
The reason Trump’s plan is collapsing is simple: it is fundamentally immoral. It is built on the belief that rewarding the aggressor will bring peace. That is not peace—it is surrender dressed in a tuxedo. History offers countless proverbs for this: “A snake never forgets its fangs.” “When you sleep with the devil, don’t expect sweet dreams.” Or as Winston Churchill once put it, “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last.”
Trump’s critics aren’t just Democrats or Europeans. Even many conservatives are quietly appalled. Military leaders, diplomats, and foreign policy experts across the board know that lifting sanctions on Russia without holding Putin accountable is a recipe for further war. The sanctions weren’t decorative—they were penalties for crimes against international law. Removing them now, with nothing in return, isn’t diplomacy—it’s betrayal.
And let’s not forget the lives lost while Trump plays chess with only black pieces on the board. Since 2022, over 500,000 people have been killed or injured in the war. Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes. Children now learn their ABCs in bomb shelters. And yet, Trump dares to speak of “peace” by offering Putin the spoils of war. It’s not just tone-deaf; it’s morally deaf.
What’s most tragic is the missed opportunity. Had Trump approached the conflict as a neutral broker—one who condemned the illegal invasion, demanded withdrawal of Russian troops, and called for justice for war crimes—we might have seen meaningful dialogue. Instead, Trump entered the room with a velvet glove for Putin and a closed fist for Ukraine. He didn’t build a bridge to peace; he built a diving board off a moral cliff.
The irony of it all is that Trump still insists he’s the only one who can fix it. This from the man who openly praised Putin’s “genius” during the 2022 invasion and called NATO “obsolete.” This from the same president who withheld military aid from Ukraine in 2019 unless they investigated his political rival. This from the man who looked Zelensky in the eye and saw not a leader defending democracy, but a pawn in his political game.
Peace is not bought with cowardice. It is earned through justice. No amount of charm, threats, or fake deals will erase the fact that Ukraine was invaded, not the other way around. And as long as Trump starts with the wrong premise—that Putin is misunderstood and Zelensky is the problem—his plan will never bear fruit. It will rot from the inside, just like his friendship with Putin.
As for the future, one can only imagine what else Trump will trade for Putin’s approval. Alaska? NATO itself? Or maybe just a nice golf course in exchange for letting Europe burn a little longer. If Trump’s diplomacy were a dish, it would be borscht served cold—with a side of betrayal and a Putin-shaped cherry on top.
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