ANALYSE – Although it manifests its impatience with regard to Vladimir Putin, the American administration remains obsessed with its rapprochement with Moscow.
The hopeful photo of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, so close to each other at the Saint-Pierre basilica, will undoubtedly remain one of the strongest in the Ukraine war, with his antithesis, humiliation in the oval office, a few weeks earlier. However, it is probably only an optical illusion. And not only because this symbolic tête-à-tête, which only lasted a few minutes, was surrounded by the members of the presidential teams. This perfect moment of communication, which served the two protagonists, should not change anything on the bottom.
Donald Trump and his special emissary Steve Witkoff, who defines the administration line on this file, want rapid peace. To obtain it, they play the ping-pong between Ukraine and Russia. They hit Zelensky when he resists. They threaten Putin new sanctions when he blocks the ceasefire agreement. But without matching this warning from the only thing that could bend …
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