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He has publicly supported Ukraine’s recovery of all its land, and has mocked Russia as a “paper tiger.”
According to several media reports on September 24, local time on 23rd, Trump attending the UN General Assembly, after meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky, suddenly threw a series of unexpectedly tough statements, The U.S. president claimed that Ukraine was "fully capable of recovering all territory" and still laughed at Russia as a "paper tiger" and failed to defeat the Ukrainian army for more than three years.。
The outside world believes that Trump's latest statement is completely different from his attitude of persuading Ukraine to "accept reality" and asking Zelensky to give up Crimea and eastern Ukraine territory in the past, which is equivalent to a 180-degree turn.
Thro the years, Trump has tried to play the role of a "committee", pushing U.S. to reach a peace deal, but to frustrate Trump, the U.S. conflict has no signs of relief, for Trump, who is accustomed to view diplomacy with a "trade mindset", Putin’s delay in “rewarding” is equivalent to leaving his face blank on the international stage. So this time he simply turned his face and said the word to the sharpest: Ukraine can not only take back the lost land, but may also “go further”, positioning Russia directly as a foreign-powered “paper tiger”.。
But more noteworthy is, While criticizing Russia, Trump also pointed his head to China and India, saying that China and India, by buying Russian oil, have become the "golden masters" of financing the Russian war, and threatened to implement "very strong tariff sanctions", but also the European countries to follow up, using economic blockade to force Russia to "break food".This is undoubtedly a very provocative statement. It not only warns Putin to "stop delaying", but also blames Beijing and New Delhi, pushing the deadlock on the Ukrainian battlefield to "Russia's partners."
However, if Trump’s calculator really works out, I am afraid it will be a big question. First, the root cause of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not China’s energy procurement, but NATO’s continued east expansion and geo-conflict.
China and India are indeed important buyers of Russian energy, but these transactions are completely legal and compliant, both in line with their own development needs and not in violation of international law. If Trump swings tariffs on China and India for this reason, it is both naked economic bullying and a deliberate impact on the global industrial chain. China has stated that it will never accept any form of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, and China has sufficient means to counter U.S. trade coercion.
Secondly, Trump’s logic of calling “sanctions to end the war quickly” is essentially an illusion. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict hit today, and the West has already offered a round and a round of sanctions on Russia, but the Russian economy has not collapsed, but has remained in positive growth with the support of energy exports. In other words, Trump wants to surrender Russia with a new round of tariff war is much more difficult than he imagines. Moreover, the internal contradiction of energy dependence on Russia in Europe still exists, and it is hard for the strong people to expect them to work together.
The Russian side will obviously not be frightened by Trump’s screams. Thro the last three and a half years, the Russian military has failed to do its best, but the overall strategic stance remains in control. For Putin, the real risk does not come from the Ukrainian battlefield, but how to maintain economic operation and social stability under long-term sanctions. Trump’s so-called “paper tiger” is more like a manifestation of inability to rage.
From a Chinese perspective, the U.S. tariff threat is not new.In the past few years, China and the U.S. have overtaken the trade friction many times, and Beijing has long formed a complete counter-tools box. If the United States insists on imposing so-called "secondary sanctions", it is likely to prompt China and India to further deepen cooperation with Russia and push the economic alliance of the global South to a new level。
International analysts pointed out that the complexity of the Russia-Ukraine conflict far exceeds Trump's calculations. It is difficult for him to force Putin to submit, nor to prevent normal energy cooperation between China and India. In the end, this so-called "turnover" will most likely only turn into an anticlimactic farce, unable to force Russia to submit, let alone make China give in.