negotiations | Ted Rall's Rallblog

The TMI Show Ep 19: Trump Won. Will He Bring Peace to Ukraine?

November 13, 2024•

As the Russo-Ukraine conflict prepares to enter its third year of grinding warfare that has claimed untold lives and wreaked havoc on people and infrastructure, the election of Donald Trump to the presidency has sparked speculation that a reduction of U.S. proxy support for the Zelensky government might force the Ukrainians to sit down for serious peace talks with Putin.

Russia has gained a clear military advantage in the war. On the TMI Show, co-hosts Ted Rall and Manila Chan dare to ask: Will Trump, as he has promised, end the Ukraine War? If so, how? What role will be played by likely incoming secretary of state Marco Rubio, and European allies? Will the broad contours of a peace deal result in a rump Ukraine and an agreement not to join NATO? Are we looking at a full-fledged armistice, a ceasefire or just continued fighting?

Joining Ted and Manila is Mark Sleboda, an International Relations and Security analyst.

Listen to/Watch the Video Version:

Keywords: Donald Trump, 2024 election results, 2024 election, 2024 campaign, Second Trump administration, Marco Rubio, Ukraine, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, peace talks, Russo-Ukrainian War, negotiations, diplomacy

Actually, That Was Me

December 1, 2023•

Ted Rall

US media outlets say Joe Biden had a heroic “secret” role in negotiating the four-day ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Actually, much of the work was done not by the United States or by Biden personally, but by Qatar.

Democrats Versus Republicans

December 11, 2020•

Ted Rall

In negotiations, Republicans hardly have to lift a finger because Democrats negotiate against themselves.

Trading Places

June 13, 2014•

Ted Rall

President Obama is taking heat for agreeing to exchange Sgt. Bergdahl, an Afghanistan War POW held by the Taliban, for five high-ranking Talibs held as “detainees” at Guantanamo. Conservatives say he negotiated with terrorists (though the Taliban were the government of Afghanistan before being removed by a US invasion). More ridiculously, they worry that these five individuals might return to attack the U.S. – as if five people would make a difference in a war involving many thousands of fighters. I thought seeing this from the Afghan point of view would expose these lines of thinking for what they are.