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Cannonpointer » 14 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

14 minutes ago

There is nothing optimistic in my assertion. Trump has promised to end the war - and he likes to keep his promises. The entire world wants this war to end, and Trump ending it will let him preen. And preening is his favorite pastime. 

And most importantly, he has the power to end it. He can force the green t-shirt to accept his dictates by the threat of dropping him like a hot rock and leaving him to Putin's tender mercies. Likewise, he can threaten Putin with NATO going all in - which would be very stupid of NATO, but would also be extremely inconvenient to Putin, who is a builder, not a squanderer. And it isn't like Putin doesn't want the war to end, after all. He does - and Trump is certainly smart enough not to make ending it more painful than continuing it. 
 
Perhaps the Dnipro is optimistic. But Trump likes clean lines. Rivers are wonderful borders.