This Wednesday, November 27, Donald Trump appointed Keith Kellogg as envoy to end the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Little known to the general public, the octogenarian chaired the National Security Council during Donald Trump's first term.
He advocated that in exchange for any future U.S. military aid, Ukraine participate in peace talks with Russia.
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It is with him that Donald Trump hears “obtain peace by force” in Ukraine. Keith Kellogg was appointed as an emissary to end the war between Ukraine and Russia by the American president this Wednesday, November 27. “He's been with me from the beginning! Together we will achieve peace through strength and make America and the world safe again!” rejoiced Donald Trump in a publication on his Truth Social network.
Freshly re-elected, the Republican was very critical of the billions of dollars released by the United States to support Ukraine in recent months and promised to resolve the war even before taking the oath of office in January, without ever explaining how he was going to proceed.
The person who is now responsible for piloting this mission is an 80-year-old ex-general. Little known to the general public, Keith Kellogg briefly chaired the National Security Council, the White House foreign policy cabinet, during Donald Trump's first term. “He had a distinguished military and business career, including in highly sensitive national security roles during my first administration,” underlined the American president on Truth Social.
Concessions requested from Ukraine
In a memo co-authored with another conservative published last April on the issue, Keith Kellogg advocated that “any future US military aid will demand that Ukraine participate in peace talks with Russia. He also called for “postpone Ukraine's membership in NATO for an extended period” in order to “convince (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to participate in peace talks.”
The ex-general also estimated that “the Ukrainian government and people will find it difficult to accept a negotiated peace that does not return all of their territory to them”before adding: “But as Donald Trump said (…) in 2023, 'I want everyone to stop dying'. That's also our point of view. It's a good first step.”
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