The Trump 28-point peace plan is criticised for favouring Russia, which is does because Russia is winning the war. What makes a peace deal reasonable? Should it reflect realities on the ground or what is fair? What is “fair” is subjective and European leaders conclude that the agreement must favour Ukraine as Russia is the “aggressor” and Ukraine is the “victim”, while NATO itself had no role in starting this war. Irrespective of the convictions of European leaders about what is fair, reality on the ground matters and moral posturing does not translate into political power.
European leaders presented a delusional counter-proposal that includes Ukraine being allowed to join NATO, security guarantees, no territorial concessions and Russia paying reparations. This is tantamount to Russia capitulating, and it would be the first time in history that the losing side (NATO/Ukraine) gets to dictate the terms of a peace agreement. Trump’s 28-point plan is indeed a terrible and humiliating deal for Ukraine, yet the deal will only get worse with every day that passes. Trump did not “betray” Ukraine - it was betrayed by the people who for years rejected every path to peace and insisted on fighting to the last Ukrainian.
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/europes-delusional-counter-proposal
Former Press Secretary of Zelensky, Iuliia Mendel, calls for taking the peace deal.
- I agree with the sentiment that much of the opposition to the peace deal is misguided and childish. I would add that the greatest enemy of Ukraine has been the people pretending to support it.
Seyed M. Marandi: Legitimizing Occupation & Preparing for War
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-Cm3boCfM&t=30s&pp=2AEekAIB
Ray McGovern: Zelensky's Dilemma - Bad Peace or Total Defeat
https://youtu.be/8VIvT7cY0Uc
Gilbert Doctorow: Trump Neutralizes Europe with Peace Plan
https://youtu.be/rTEtiUg-9DQ
Gilbert Doctorow: Trump Neutralizes Europe with Peace Plan
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rTEtiUg-9DQ
Larry Johnson: Why the 28-Point Peace Plan Is Not Acceptable to Russia
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fXsrX8AFKMU&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD
In 2015, Prof. Mearsheimer warned that NATO countries were encouraging Ukraine to take a confrontational stance toward Russia. The predictable result would be the destruction of Ukraine.
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Putin warning against NATO expansionism at the 2007 Munich Security Conference
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Trump has not betrayed Ukraine. The real betrayal was in March 2022 when the US & UK sabotaged the Istanbul peace agreement to use Ukrainians to weaken Russia. Zelensky in March 2022: "There are those in the West who don't mind a long war because it would mean exhausting Russia, even if this means the demise of Ukraine and comes at the cost of Ukrainian lives"
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Col. Jacques Baud: 28-Point Peace Plan Pushed by the U.S.
- Extreme pressure will be required to get Zelensky to approve the peace plan, while an increasingly irrelevant Europe will likely be ignored
https://youtu.be/AKWMvqSWM78
Emmanuel Todd (Clip): West Exhausted Itself & Is Unable to Adjust to the New World
https://youtu.be/Ijv0uIHwXT0
Emmanuel Todd (Clip): Hubris After Collapse of the Soviet Union
https://youtu.be/cdxDvaS7QwI
Proposed peace agreement includes:
- A neutral Ukraine (no NATO) and reduced size of Ukraine's army
- Russia gets all of Donbas, while frontlines are the new borders in Zaporizhiya and Kherson
- Ukraine restores the rights of the Russian language and bans its Nazi ideology
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/senior-us-officials-confirm-details-of-28-point-plan-to-end-ukraine-war/
George Kennan in 1998: "I think it is the beginning of a new Cold War... Of course there is going to be a bad reaction from Russia, and then (the NATO expanders) will say that we always told you that is how the Russians are - but this is just wrong"
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Seyed M. Marandi: Legitimizing Occupation & Preparing for War
https://youtu.be/3w-Cm3boCfM
Biden (1997) recognised that NATO expansion would threaten Russia, yet Russia would have to adjust as the US was the only game in town. He mocked Moscow’s warning that it would align with China, and suggested that Russia could also align with Iran. The crowd burst out laughing...
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Ray McGovern: Zelensky's Dilemma - Bad Peace or Total Defeat
https://youtu.be/8VIvT7cY0Uc
Larry Johnson: The 28-Point Peace Plan Is Not Acceptable to Russia
https://youtu.be/fXsrX8AFKMU
Gilbert Doctorow: Trump Neutralizes Europe with Peace Plan
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rTEtiUg-9DQ
Arestovych, Zelensky’s former top adviser, argued about seven months ago that the alternative to accepting a bad deal today was accepting an even worse deal later. It’s a reasonable argument to make when losing a war, yet the argument would never be allowed in our warmongering media.
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There was a time when the Europeans recognised that neutrality mitigates the security competition. Common sense has since been replaced by hegemonic aspirations and "peace through strength"
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Mearsheimer makes it clear why the Europeans must start to accept reality and make peace. The comfortable world of wishful thinking and propaganda will only bring more misery
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The war was avoidable. Ukraine’s territory and lives could have been saved. Stoltenberg knew Russia considered NATO expansion an existential threat, yet meaningful diplomacy was rejected. Instead, NATO packaged its reckless posture as “helping Ukraine” and smeared all dissent.
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Col. Jacques Baud: 28-Point Peace Plan Pushed by the U.S.
- Extreme pressure will be required to get Zelensky to approve the peace plan, while an increasingly irrelevant Europe will likely be ignored
https://youtu.be/AKWMvqSWM78
Emmanuel Todd (clip): Collapse of Meaning & Values in the West
https://youtu.be/OYSaBQFcTtU
Zhirinovsky warned Ukrainians in 2006 that they would be lured in and destroyed by NATO, which he claimed would use Ukraine as a front line against Russia
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Paulo Nogueira Batista is a former Executive Director at the IMF (2007-2015) and the founding Vice President of BRICS' New Development Bank.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=agVHGagRnEg&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD
