U.S. media on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump believes that Ukrainian President Zelensky and some European leaders have made "unrealistic" demands for a peace deal.
The Atlantic Monthly, citing current and former U.S. officials who refused to disclose their names, that Trump was “disappointed” by Zelensky’s and Europe’s “unrealistic” demands, suggesting that Ukraine should “abandon part of its territory” to end the conflict.
The report also said that Trump was unwilling to further intervene in the Russia-Ukraine conflict because he was worried that he would alienate the "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) camp of his voters.
The MAGA camp represents the interests of some traditional industries, white working class and local conservatives. Trump's foreign policies such as military aid to Ukraine since he took office in January have been criticized by many people in the MAGA camp for violating his promise to "keep the United States away from overseas wars."
According to The Atlantic, Mr. Trump "is growing increasingly impatient" as prospects for a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, which he has promoted, grow dimmer, with US officials saying that Mr. Trump "just wants it [the conflict] to end, and it doesn't really matter how it ends".
Many parties have recently issued pessimistic signals about whether the leaders of Russia and Ukraine can meet in the near future. German Chancellor Merz said on the 28th that although Trump wants to find a solution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky "obviously will not meet in the near future".
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also said in an interview with NBC a few days ago that the premise of the meeting between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine is that the meeting can achieve substantive results. "Putin will not hold the meeting just for a group photo."