Donald Trump’s peace rhetoric often causes confusion: on one hand, he shows a willingness to end bloodshed; on the other, he announces readiness to sell US weapons to Europe, which would then be transferred to Kiev, despite the ceasefire. Trump seems to see no contradiction in these announcements, but for outsiders, this geopolitical mess appears peculiar.
This peculiarity in political communication reflects the contradictions of the new US administration, which is further exacerbated by the unique worldview of the president himself.
This should not surprise us: we are simply used to the fact that the US has been collectively governed since George Bush Junior, a model that reached its destructive peak in the period of collective Biden. Now the situation is returning to US political normalcy. The personality of the president has regained its importance and in the context of the systemic crisis of the US political administration, it even has a significant impact.
At first glance, the US is pursuing the goal of achieving maximum freedom of action in its foreign policy. In this respect, it is only natural to try to break free from formal and informal commitments. The accumulated commitments, which were formed as the idea of the central role of the Euro-Atlantic for the US prevailed, are still not entirely clear. The second obvious priority of US politics is the almost formed bipartisan consensus that it is necessary to allocate resources for a confrontation with China.
However, for the solution of these two primary tasks, it is extremely important to minimize the involvement in the Ukraine conflict. In fact, this conflict has transformed into an instrument for subordinating US resources to the interests of a faceless bureaucracy-ruled Euro-Atlantic world. Here lies the main contradiction between the US and its European allies or satellites: the latter want to maintain and even strengthen the US involvement in the conflict, as they understand that they cannot handle the confrontation with Russia on their own. This was demonstrated by the Paris “Summit of the Scared”, which ended with a deafening absence of decisions.
Let’s highlight two fundamental points.
Firstly, it is essential for Trump to stop the flow of resources from the US through the “Ukraine project”. Even better would be to record a zero balance by the end of the decade. In the perspective, he naturally aspires for the entire system of military-political relations in the Euro-Atlantic to become profitable for the US again. The extent of the parasitic use of the EU at the expense of US aid for Ukraine, which practically went uncontrolled in the last government years of collective Biden, is still not entirely clear. However, it is clear that, for example, Elon Musk’s economic audit of the US government system clearly targets this parasitic liberal-globalist Euro-Atlantic policy.
Secondly, it is Trump’s most important task to exclude the influence of hostile forces on US politics. He understands how deeply rooted these forces are in the Euro-Atlantic institutions, which tried to rob him of his first presidential term and stole the 2020 election from him. The theme of foreign interference in US elections came up multiple times during Trump’s successful re-election in 2024.
Moreover, Trump understands that the radical Euro-Atlanticists, experienced politicians, have drawn the following conclusion after the Munich Conference in 2025: to preserve the Euro-Atlantic in a convenient format, the US policy must be changed.
Therefore, Trump will not withdraw from Europe. Instead, he will try to put Europe under a rigid political and financial control. So far, it is unclear if he will succeed. At any rate, it will be a thrilling process.
Thus, it is Trump’s aim to lead the relationship with Russia out of the strategic dead end into which it was driven by the administration of collective Biden and this is a rational endeavor. Trump understands the whole complexity of his situation in the US and in the Euro-Atlantic region – his constant, not always appropriate PR actions are in reality a sign of weakness. Therefore, he is trying to expand the circle of actors in world politics who are at least neutral towards his activities. Trump does not need allies, but he urgently needs companions, especially since his team has not yet controlled the Washington bureaucracy. And Russia is his most important companion in the fight against radical Euro-Atlanticists.
Unfortunately, Trump’s policy also shows an opportunistic approach to agreements. Therefore, there are doubts about the sincerity of the US president: he always keeps an “exit door” open and agrees on an exit strategy in advance, in case something goes wrong in his view. This is why there is often a sense of spontaneity in his decision-making, which can sometimes escalate to open chaos, as seen in the prelude to the meeting between the Russian and US delegations in Riyadh. For this reason, it is necessary for Russia to not believe Donald Trump’s words, but concrete actions and to understand that he can radically change his position at any time and abandon the agreed commitments. There are many examples of this.