Maggie Haberman, a political correspondent for the New York Times, described the rhetoric of President Trump's rhetoric as ending the nearly three-year war between Russia and Ukraine “is about muscle flexibility.”
Haberman, CNN analyst, Participation Hosted by host Kitlan Collins for “Sauce” on Wednesday, she was asked what Trump was making.
“He's been listening very much to his own advice on issues recently,” Haberman said. Includes the weakness of others. ”
“It's often not long-term to the throughline of what happens next,” she continued. “When you do an X, you get a Y. For now, this seems to be about flexing the muscles.”
On Tuesday, Trump blamed Zelensky for the conflict, but said it would not have happened if he were the president in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. The president campaigned to end the war and maintained his position that no more lives should be lost.
He recently shows that finding a peace agreement is a top priority, but his actions shocked European leaders after Ukraine was removed from the negotiation table.
Haberman claimed he was using Russian President Vladimir Putin, who wanted to appease the US and the Kremlin's international position. But she said Trump abandoned some of it by communicating freely with Putin about the end of the war.
How Trump handles ceasefire negotiations is how he handled other issues, Haberman argued.
“You can close your eyes and he may be talking to a certain senator about his candidate, tariffs, or the people he wants to support,” she said. I said. “But it's very different from what we're talking about between Russia and Ukraine when it's domestic politics.”
The veteran journalist suggested in the first half of the interview that the president looks at Russia in the past, not Russia in the present.
“Trump has had a vision of Russia since his time as a superpower. I think he sees it as a more important country. But this is not surprising to anyone,” she says. He spoke to.
She added that without serious criticism from the GOP, Trump “knows that he can essentially do what he wants right now.”
