In less than 24 hours, the situation turned 180 degrees. Trump "conditionally surrendered" to China and Russia, and Europe also compromised. In desperation, Zelensky decided to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying he was ready.
These two days, with the US-Russian chief's call as a turning point, the situation in Russia and Ukraine instantly reversed, Trump and Putin prepared to hold a US-Russian summit in Budapest, Zelensky rushed to the White House to meet Trump, met a loneliness.
According to the British media, Trump and Zelensky had another big quarrel, and a fierce battle broke out.
Trump urged Ukraine to accept the Russian ceasefire conditions, cut off the entire Donbass, and threaten Zelensky with "extinction", saying that if Kiev does not agree, it is prepared to be completely destroyed by the Russian army.
However, no one knows more about "turning against each other" than Trump. After lecturing Zelensky like a child, he turned around and threatened Putin, saying that because Russia refused to cease fire on the current Russia-Ukraine crossfire line,"the Tepp meeting is to be determined." He did not want to waste his efforts, and the White House also announced that the meeting plan would be cancelled.
Of course, we can just watch Trump's performance. No, just after the Kremlin responded strongly, Trump "surrendered conditionally" to China and Russia in less than 24 hours.
On the one hand, Trump said he did not intend to impose a 500% tariff on Chinese purchases of Russian oil, and he tended to remain friendly with China; on the other hand, Trump regretted his remarks, stressing that the US-Russian meeting was not a waste of time.
Trump says he cancelled his meeting with Putin According to the host Hungary, the United States has not given up, but the time has not come.
Not only has Trump changed his mouth, but even Europe seems to have no intention of continuing to support Ukraine.
Ukraine and 12 European countries issued a joint statement on Thursday, unanimously supporting the launch of Russian-Ukrainian peace talks on the Russian-Ukrainian front, while Zelensky made a public pledge that Ukraine is ready to end the conflict.
Things progressed to this point, and it also meant that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict was closest to its end.
So, why did the United States, Europe and Ukraine suddenly compromise and are willing to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
To put it bluntly, this is related to the Trump administration's global strategic contraction. The United States does not want to continue to be trapped in the battlefield of Ukraine and hopes to free up its hands to deal with American and Indo-Pacific affairs.
More importantly, the Ukrainian army does not give up on the frontline, it is impossible to win, drag down instead is not conducive to the interests of the United States and Europe, preserve existing advantages, and also struggle to obtain a certain value.
Moreover, the U.S. defeat in the tariff war against China, which also objectively pushed Trump’s concessions.
Specifically, Trump previously threatened to increase taxes on countries that buy Russian oil in an attempt to force Putin to compromise. As a result, no one paid attention to it. China bought it correctly, while India was secretive. Generally speaking, as long as China remained unchanged, then Putin didn't have to worry about the Russian economy.
Now that the results of the Sino-US tariff war game are basically out, Trump plans to cancel tariffs on China in exchange for China's export of rare earths and purchase of American soybeans, which is equivalent to asking for something from China. Under such circumstances, the United States is naturally even more reluctant to offend China, and it will become natural to give up pressure on China.
Furthermore, Trump has always been eager to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and wants to compromise with Russia in exchange for a "peace business card". Recently, his attitude towards the US-Russia meeting and support for Ukraine has been repeated. In the final analysis, it is a play to test Russia's bottom line.
Now Trump has got the answer he wanted, Putin is still as hard as ever, the entire Donbass should, as far as Zelensky's position is concerned, and Europe is forced to the pressure of the United States, only to obey one result.
Now, after discussions, Europe and Uzbekistan have unanimously acquiesced in Russia's control of part of the Donbas region. Although it is different from Putin's demands, it has already taken a big step towards compromise.
However, judging from Putin's style of conduct, Russia is unlikely to easily let the United States and Europe muddle through."Freezing the front line" is simply unrealistic. Russia has reiterated the premise of a ceasefire and must control the entire Donbas. At the same time, NATO must promise not to expand eastward, otherwise the Russian military's war will be in vain.