Karin Eriksson: That’s why Trump is in a hurry about Ukraine

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre only got 20 seconds with US President Donald Trump before the war in Ukraine reminded.

During the traditional handshake on the threshold of the White House, a journalist threw a question about Vladimir Putin and Moscow.

– Do you think they are listening, the reporter guested.

« I do, yes, Trump replied and continued into the building, without answering if peace has a chance.

On Thursday, got Gahr Støre The opportunity to do what Finnish President Alexander Stubb did a month ago: Try to persuade Donald Trump to take care of the bands to Europe, support Ukraine and scrap the customs war. Stubb had the advantage of participating in a golf round. Gahr Støre’s trump card became Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who won Trump’s respect during the period as NATO Secretary General.

He did a fantastic job, Trump explained, when the journalists were admitted into the first negotiating room. The president’s good mood became immediately overwhelming when a question came about whether the United States deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

Gahr Støre paid tribute to the White House’s initiative to end the war between Ukraine and Russia and Trump filled in:

– Thanks so much for that question. I appreciate that question.

The US president can mood how much he wants over traditional media and « fake news ». But in the end, he has no higher desire than to be described as the foremost president ever, a peace prince of our time. One wonders how such ambitions are linked to the threats to conquer Greenland and Canada.

Right now are the peace talks About Ukraine at the top of the agenda. Donald Trump contributes to the resurrection, with constantly new plays.

One day it is called that an agreement is close. The next day, the United States threatens to abandon the talks. On Wednesday, Trump posed some kind of ultimatum to Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyj. On Thursday, Trump protested against the bombings of Kiev with a message to Russian President Putin: « Vladimir, quit! »

At the formal press conference in the Oval space, Trump said he believes the solution is close and that the negotiations of the coming days will be very important. He dismissed questions about Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula with this issue being decided by the representative Barack Obama eleven years ago. He also stated that he puts severe pressure on Russia, and that the important thing is to end the killing.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio took on the role of drum whisker: everyone should thank the US president for trying to make peace.

It does not take concern for Washington to force Kyiv into great concessions. A reporter wondered about the demands of Russia and Trump replied that Moscow may agree to quit war and refrain from taking all of Ukraine.

Ukraine becomes a special load

It is important to understand that the White House is governed by its own talent and that it creates a special time pressure for Donald Trump. On Valborg fair evening, it is 100 days since he swore presidential for the second time. It is a day with a great symbolic charge in the United States. This has been the case ever since Franklin D Roosevelt took over as president in 1933: He established the idea that a new leader in the White House has a short time to reverse the development.

This means that all US media will spend the next few days evaluating Trump’s election promises. Ukraine becomes a special load. During the election campaign, Trump said he could stop the war in 24 hours. Now the critics are wondering what 24 hours he was really referring to.

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