BREAKING: figuratively speaking, POTUS just got up and walked from the table on Ukraine peace talks

VIDEO SYNTHESIS / Folks the Guardian’s scoop could not be more significant.

In reporting that President Trump is backing off from direct involvement in the Ukraine peace talks until Presidents Putin and Zelensky have had their bilateral, he’s effectively saying he’s out — given that the two warring leaders are not going to sit down until Russia has finished getting the job done.

POTUS’s pivot can only hasten the inevitable end of this tragic, unnecessary war.

Now Europe needs to get out of the way and let that happen. And POTUS needs to hold the line.

SOURCES:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/trump-ukraine-russia-peace-talks

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-too-stretched-provide-troops-ukraine-foreign-minister-johann-wadephul/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/19/uk-to-offer-troops-to-defend-ukraines-skies-and-ports-in-pentagon-talks

https://www.ft.com/content/ce254e19-acc7-46f2-9ac8-5b306fd826b5

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Aired On: 08/21/25