All statements in this article have reliable sources of information, and are described at the end of the article.

The dream pursuit.

Editor of Dreams.

Preliminary

Why did the "life-saving weapon" that Ukraine had been waiting for suddenly "fall through" before Zelensky left for the United States?

Putin first threw the three-plate ax, disrupted Zelensky's overall plan, and also caused the U.S.-U. aid attitude to turn 180 degrees!

So, what kind of secret is hidden in this phone call made at a critical node?

Putin swung his "three axes"

Putin's phone call was so-called a coincidence, just to choose in Zelensky to move to the United States the night before, obviously is to steal in front of the set-up.

What's more interesting is that in the past, Trump took the initiative to talk to Putin on the phone. This time, the other way around, Putin took the initiative to call, which made Trump very happy.

During the phone call, Trump couldn't help but release a message to the public, saying that Putin had been praising him on the phone, especially about his peace in the Middle East, saying that this was a dream that no one had realized for hundreds of years. This made Trump happy.

Knowing that Trump is the most "boasting", especially being recognized by a "big man" like Putin, is more effective than showing him how many policy documents.

When the Nobel Peace Prize was announced, Putin specially stood up for Trump, saying how hard Trump had put in to win the award. At that time, Trump specially issued a letter of thanks, which shows how effective this move is for him.

This time Putin once again used this trick to directly soften Trump in the atmosphere of negotiations, and also relaxed alertness.

Of course, Putin doesn't just rely on saying good things. When it's time to be tough, he's unambiguous. This is his second axe-drawing a red line.

In the phone, Putin made it clear to Trump that if the U.S. really sold the "war ax" missiles to Ukraine, it would be purely futile, because now the Russian military has long mastered the battlefield initiative, no matter what advanced weapons, can not change the battle scene.

Listening to this is a reminder, in fact it is a deterrent, the underlying word is that if Trump is determined to do so, it will not only be useless but also affect US-Russian relations, it can not come at all.

Putin has too much understanding of Trump's mind, Trump's minds are all "business" and the most important is interest.

Therefore, Putin also hinted at him that once the Russia-Ukraine conflict is over, how much room there will be for economic cooperation between the United States and Russia, and both sides can make a lot of money by then.

This touched Trump's heart. He later mentioned to people around him that ending the conflict was a great thing for the U.S. and Russian economies. He unknowingly shifted his attention from whether to send weapons to Ukraine to how to do business with Russia.

Immediately afterwards, Putin threw the third blade ¨C on a meeting, he directly referred to a meeting with Trump in Budapest, Hungary, and Trump promised without thinking at all.

This is a good opportunity for Trump, he would like to be the focus, to meet with Putin such a heavy figure, the eyes of the whole world must be gathered on him, is this not what he wants most?

Besides, the meeting place was chosen very exquisitely. Instead of Russia or the United States, I chose Hungary.

Why choose Hungary?

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban has a good relationship with Trump and is close to Russia, especially in energy, where Hungary is dependent on Russia.

In 2021, he also signed a 15-year natural gas cooperation agreement with Russia, so Orban has always advocated good talks with Russia and opposed confrontation with Russia.

For Trump, choosing to meet here, there is no need to worry about the accusations against Russian hardliners; For Putin, he can also use Hungary, an EU country, to send a signal to Europe that Russia is willing to talk, and consolidate relations with Hungary, which can be described as "killing multiple birds with one stone".

"Outsiders" outside the chess game

On the other hand, Putin and Trump have decided on what they will meet, and Orban has prompted to say that he has begun preparing for the reception work, waiting for the two big guys to come.

But on the other hand, Zelensky was unfortunate, he was full of expectation to get the promise of the "war ax" missile from Trump, and as a result Putin's phone call came down, Trump's mind was all pulled away.

What makes Zelensky even more troubled is that Trump has already made it clear that he will consider Putin's concerns when meeting with Zelensky. Isn't this a statement that he will not easily agree to send a "tomahawk" to Ukraine.

Moreover, Budapest is not friendly to Ukraine. When the United States and Russia are talking there, Ukraine will not even have a chance to interrupt and can only watch from the side.

In fact, Trump also has his own small abacus. He doesn't want to freeze the US-Russia relationship by sending weapons to Ukraine.

At present, the United States still has a lot of involvement with Russia in energy and European security. If it really breaks up, how much will the United States have to pay?

What's more, he was still preparing for the APEC summit and didn't want his political image to be affected by the Russia-Uzbekistan incident. Therefore, as soon as Putin offered an olive branch for a meeting, he immediately accepted it. He quickly stepped on the brake on the matter of aiding Ukraine's "Tomahawk" missiles.

The reaction to the meeting with the US-Russia on the European side is different.

Germany and France appeared to be kindly, welcoming the dialogue, but in their hearts they may still be bragging.

Poland and the Baltic countries were immediately anxious and publicly criticized Hungary, saying that Hungary had become a "sounding board" for Russia and the United States, exposing all differences within the EU.

Zelensky's visit to the White House is likely to be empty-handed!

Ukraine's current situation is getting more and more difficult. Economic losses have exceeded 60% of GDP, and 30% of its territorial infrastructure has been damaged. It originally hoped to rely on the "Tomahawk" missile to catch its breath, but now it seems that this hope It is getting slimmer and slimmer.

Putin used the three blades of "challenge, scratch, see" to kill Trump, and also left Zelensky's hopes empty.

Next, we will see what else the United States and Russia can talk about when they meet in Budapest. However, no matter how we talk, Ukraine may only be a "manipulated" role.

References:

Beijing Daily Client: 2025-10-17, ¡°Putin¡¯s Three Boards, Easily Deal with Trump¡±