Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his victory and confirmed Russia is ready to hold peace talks to end the Ukraine war.
Putin made those comments congratulating Trump during a policy forum in Sochi, Russia, on Thursday. After a long speech, Putin said that he would like to "take this opportunity to congratulate [Trump] on his election as president of the United States."
He went on to say Russia is ready for talks but stated, "Russia didn't ruin relations with the U.S. and is open to reviving them, but the ball is in the Americans' court."
Putin's comments are a direct shot at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris who oversaw the beginning of the war in Ukraine. It was Harris who dared Russia to attack Ukraine just days before Russian troops invaded.
Under the Biden-Harris regime, there has been little hope of peace. However, with Trump set to begin his 2nd term in January, there is hope that a peace can be negotiated.
Trump has promised the American people that he will work tirelessly to end the devastating war in Ukraine which has senselessly cost the lives of thousands of soldiers as well as costing Americans billions in foreign aid.
The war should never have happened but thanks to establishment Republicans and Democrats with much to gain financially from the war, little was done to prevent the outbreak of hostilities.
Under Biden and Harris, Americans ate the cost of billions in aid to be sent to Ukraine while young men on both sides were senselessly butchered and there was little to no urgency to end the conflict.
Trump has been a strong critic of the billions of dollars being sent to Ukraine as he believed Washington D.C. was doing nothing to stop the war while pilfering taxpayers to enrich themselves via the military-industrial complex.
Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine quickly and that could come at Ukraine's expense. Trump will likely call on Ukraine to make concessions which he believes are necessary to end the further loss of life and money.
The war in Ukraine has been horrific beyond compare and has given the world a glimpse into what peer-to-peer conflict would look like. The loss of life and the conditions that both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are facing make it imperative that peace is established as soon as possible.
Trump is going to work with both Russia and Ukraine and make it a top priority to end the war but this won't be easy. Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy has been insistent that Ukraine will make no concessions despite only being able to wage this war with Western support.
Without aid from Europe and the United States, Ukraine would likely have fallen before Russia's grinding war machine.
So Trump is going to have to find a way to force Ukraine to see reason and make concessions that will lead to peace. Trump has a good working relationship with Putin so there is a chance that he can also get concessions out of Russia.
However, all of this will have to wait until Trump is officially sworn in as President in January. Until then, the carnage will continue in Ukraine and taxpayer dollars will continue to fund a brutal war.
