Trump Wants a Russian Nuclear Power Plant as Part of the Peace Deal

It was only yesterday that I asked what would be the next extraneous factor introduced into the Ukrainian peace deal, and it has already made its appearance.  Trump wants the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, or so the Wall Street Journal claims.

Zaporozhye is part of the territory that voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia, from which it had been torn by Soviet-era officials and again by Washington during the Yeltsin era.  If only Washington could have had the sense to leave Russia alone, there would not be a Ukrainian conflict.

It is extraordinary that Washington thinks it can determine what is Russia and what is not.  So far Trump’s peace deal includes handing over Ukraine’s rare earths to Washington, handing over the Russian gas pipeline that transports gas through Ukraine to Europe, and a Russian nuclear power plant.  Will Trump next want a US veto over Putin’s decisions?

None of these extraneous issues introduced into “peace negotiations” affects Putin’s commitment to negotiation, the implication being that Putin will accept any terms.  One can’t help but wonder at what point Putin regrets not paying more attention to being prepared for conflict than engaging in fruitless negotiations and “peace deals” such as the Minsk Agreement, and quickly bringing a victorious close to the conflict that Washington and its Ukrainian puppet brought to Donbas Russians.  This extraordinary blunder of trusting deals with the West has left Putin with a never-ending, ever-widening conflict with Britain and France threatening war with Russia.  

One thought on “Trump Wants a Russian Nuclear Power Plant as Part of the Peace Deal

  • Hans

    Putin is obviously not the person you think he is.
    What he did to Syria in November 2024 shows who he really is.

    Why would a nuclear power like Russia even keeps a pause on targeting energy infrastructures while Ukraine keeps attacking Russian ones?

    They strangely behave like Hezbollah and Lebanon, letting themselves be bombed and occupied BECAUSE they want to ‘respect’ the BS ‘ceasefire’ pushed on them by the US…

    This is the position of the weak, of the loser, not the winner.

    And why after 3 years and a half is Zhaporizye still in Ukrainian hands?

    All that don’t make sense, meaning we are sold fantasies while they play their little theater.

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