This 80-year-old veteran, former Vietnam, is a fervent supporter of the Republican president, for whom he has already officiated as an advisor to the White House during his first mandate.
A hundred days to end the war in Ukraine. Here is the deadline for the mission which was entrusted by Donald Trump to Keith Kellogg, former general appointed emissary for Ukraine and Russia, according to information from the American daily Wall Street Journal.
Multistorated, this Vietnam War veteran, 80 years old and from Ohio, served as an officer in special forces in the late 1960s, then as an adviser to the Cambodian army in 1971 and 1972. During the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991, he was deputy commander of the 82nd airborne division, which he later ordered. During the attacks of September 11, 2001, he was director of the “C4” (Command, Control, Communications, Computers) within the joint Pentagon staff. He retired from the American army in 2003 with the rank of lieutenant-general (the equivalent of general division in France).
In the process, after the American invasion of Iraq, he was director of operations of the provisional authority of the coalition (“CPA”, the temporary government of Iraq provided by the United States and their allies)) in Baghdad, according to the Washington Post .
Former Express Express National Security Advisor
The retired general officer does not officially officiate with Donald Trump. The octogenarian is considered to be a relative and supporter of the republican president since the first hour, recalls the New York Times . From March 2016, he became his adviser in foreign policy during the campaign. Then, according to Politico once elected, Donald Trump named him at the head of the Defense Transition team. “He has been with me from the start!” Together, we will get peace by force and we will return America and the world safe again! ”wrote Donald Trump on November 27 on his Truth Social network.
-During Trump’s first term, Keith Kellogg was chief of staff to the National Security Council from January 2017 to April 2018. In the meantime during a week, in February 2017, he was advisor to the National Security of the United States, As an interim, after the resignation of Michael Flynn, explains the news agency AP. Finally, he was advisor to the national security of the vice-president Mike Pence from April 2018 to January 2021.
A plan presented last April
In April 2024, Keith Kellogg had well meant his intention to want to pilot on the American side negotiations with Russia about Russian-Ukrainian conflict and had published his plan to manage to restore peace. Its objective: to fix the contact line as a line of demarcation, and therefore recognize in fact Their occupation by Russia, repel the membership of NATO of Ukraine of twenty years in exchange for solid American security guarantees. The sanctions against Russia would gradually lifted.
For the time being, it is impossible to know if Keith Kellogg will manage to fulfill his mission in time. “Almost no one thinks he can get there, especially the Russians”comments the Wall Street Journal skeptical.
