On October 16, U.S. President Donald Trump made a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The next day, he met again with Ukrainian President Zelensky, overturning his previous intention and no longer providing warhead missiles to Ukraine.
If missiles enter Ukraine, it will inevitably escalate war.
The Trump man's rule has only two purposes, one is to make money for himself and the other is to make money for himself. If during the first term, Trump still has a little of the idea of saving the nation, then after years of fierce killing in politics, he has long had the slogan "Make America Great Again" just hanged in his mouth.
Therefore, Trump's Ukraine policy, Middle East policy, and China policy all serve this goal. From this point of view, we can understand the change in his attitude towards Zelensky.
Trump has opposed the war in Ukraine from the very beginning, not only because he has a good personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but also because this war belongs to the Democratic Party of the United States and is a stage for the Democratic Party forces to reap benefits.
How much direct interest Biden’s younger son Henry Biden has gained in Ukraine has been the focus of the Republican Party wanting to investigate. So he had a fierce conflict with Zelensky as soon as he came to power. The two men actually quarreled in front of reporters in the White House, which is very rare in the history of modern American politics.
Trump intends to supply tactical missiles to Ukraine
Since then, Trump and his aides have repeatedly pushed for a ceasefire, but because the differences between Russia and Ukraine are too great, the two sides can not sit together at all, let alone talk about it. On August 15, 2025, Trump and Putin met in Alaska and had a good conversation. Afterwards, Trump called Zelensky and European leaders to the Oval Office of the White House, humiliated them and asked them to accept the peace agreement.
However, the talks between Russia and Ukraine still collapsed, which made Trump very angry. Not only did he curse Putin for his lack of sincerity in peace, but he also began to exert increasing pressure on Russia, including launching Russian oil import sanctions against India.
There was also a very important event in the process, and that was the failure of Trump to shock the Nobel Peace Prize. This honour was what Trump was very hopeful to get, and his efforts to push for a ceasefire in Ukraine were also directly related to the matter.
On October 12, Trump announced that he would consider providing cruise missiles to Ukraine. It is speculated that he may have been greatly stimulated. Since he will not give me the Peace Prize, he will let the war escalate.
But at the same time, another kind of news came out, The Trump team is preparing for the 2026 Nobel Peace PrizeSo since he has a desire and others can do their best, on October 18, Putin's phone call with Trump, believed to involve a lot of military-political content.
[Trump didn't win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize]
You know, Russia is a hard bone that can't be chewed. Putin has proved that he will resolutely use force in order to safeguard his national interests. The Biden administration has reached the extreme in sanctions against Russia, and Trump's increase in sanctions and embargoes will mean little to Russia today. Then the support for running for the Nobel Peace Prize may be one of the few benefits Trump can get from Russia, and a vote is a vote.
In exchange for Putin’s support, refusing to supply Ukraine with tactical-axis missiles is not a difficult thing for Trump.
In addition, the deal that Trump and Putin discussed on the phone may be more than that. Just on October 15, the current leader of Syria, Julian, visited Russia. A deal was reached after the negotiations between the two sides that Russian troops could continue to stay in Syria, while the coastal region of Syria was federalized, and the Julan government left the Arabs and no longer killed the deadlock. This preserved a strategic foothold for Russia on the eastern Mediterranean.
Julian’s actions may not be self-argumented, but have been approved by U.S. forces. Russia’s terms to offer Trump are unclear at the moment. But in view of the changes in both policy in Syria and Ukraine, the deals between the two sides may be quite large. Trump should have benefited considerably. And Trump is about to travel to Hungary to meet Putin again and face-to-face the formal implementation of the deal.
Thro the process, only Ukraine was seen as a frog, thrown away and thrown away.
After being played by Trump several times repeatedly, Zelensky seems to have suffered a big blow. According to media reports, when he left the White House for the third time with the news that "there is no Tomahawk", Zelensky was not as full of fighting spirit as before, but listlessly stated that he and Trump had a "fruitful" meeting, but would not comment further on the Tomahawk missile issue because the United States does not want the situation to escalate.
[A phone call between the heads of the two powerful countries determines the life and death of millions of people]
But it is unlikely that Ukraine will admit defeat just like this. There are also huge interest groups behind Zelensky that need to fight the war. Although Trump is aggressive, he is often at a loss in the face of the so-called shadow government.
Therefore, the relations between the United States, Ukraine and Russia will continue to undergo complicated turmoil. Trump's position may "change its face" again. This kind of repeated jump will be the norm in the next few years.