Summary
Spainās Foreign Minister JosĆ© Luis Albares dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trumpās claim of ending the Russia-Ukraine war āin 24 hoursā as unrealistic, stating peace is unlikely while Vladimir Putin continues his aggression.
Albares warned that allowing Russia to succeed would escalate global dangers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy similarly downplayed Trumpās promise.
Albares emphasized the need for a more realistic approach to resolving the conflict.
Trump will ānegotiate peaceā by standing with Putin and insisting Ukraine forgo a sizable portion of territory to end the war.
Zelenskyy will rightfully refuse, then Trump will point his finger at Zelenskyy for failing to come to the table while simultaneously propping up his own āgreatā efforts to bring peace to Eastern Europe.
Iād add: heāll probably threaten to pull out of NATO if the rest of the countries continue arming/aiding Ukraine.
I would assume Trump is intent on destroying NATO in any case.
Oh yeah it wonāt happen all at once though. Heās going to test it bit by bit to make everyone else flinch. Then probably try to install a series of rules that effectively neuter it.
Itās the way Russia does it - the institution still āstandsā but is beaten into ineffectual submission by a series of a thousand cuts. Heās got Turkey, Hungary and possibly Romania and Italy to back him up in this regard.