Trump ‘Sets Up Zelensky to Fail’ After Alaska Meeting With Putin

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00:00Trump sets up Zelensky to fail after Alaska meeting with Putin.

00:04Donald Trump is being accused of toying with Volodymyr Zelensky and setting him up to fail.

00:09As the Ukrainian president is scheduled to meet with the controversial politician on

00:13Monday, August 18, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

00:18According to former Defense Committee chairman Tobias Elwood,

00:21Zelensky does not have the upper hand. Trump does, as the 79-year-old,

00:26who himself is believed to have been manipulated by Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska

00:31last week, knows that much progress won't be made. Tobias Elwood said in an interview,

00:36I see Trump deliberately setting this up to fail so he can then walk away and say,

00:40I tried. They didn't want to play ball. Public perception leans toward Putin achieving a

00:46diplomatic victory, gaining prestige without surrendering on key issues like a ceasefire.

00:51Tobias Elwood posits that Donald Trump's maneuvers are a strategic political play,

00:56allowing him to later assert he attempted to mediate.

00:59Finally, Donald Trump escapes blame by stating,

01:01Listen, I brought the stakeholders. They didn't want to play ball. I'm out of here.

01:06Donald Trump presented pomp in Alaska for Putin, yet peace talks on Russia's Ukraine invasion stalled.

01:11Despite claiming progress, Donald Trump acknowledged,

01:14There's no deal until there's a deal. Tobias Elwood dismissed Donald Trump's efforts as appeasement,

01:20skeptical of concessions which might invite further aggression.

01:24He criticized the administration's diplomatic inexperience, remarking that Donald Trump's team

01:29are his buddies, mostly for the real estate, lacking necessary expertise for international

01:34negotiations. They will not challenge Trump, as they're all rowing behind his vision,

01:38which is to say, he's now realized he's between a rock and a hard place now,

01:42so he's forcing Zelensky to fail. And that leaves Britain and Europe in a very difficult place,

01:48because Europe and America not being on the same page is a very dangerous place.

01:53Critics worry Donald Trump might press for territory concessions to Russia,

01:56raising annexation risks. On Sunday, Trump emphasized,

02:01Remember how it started. No getting back, Barack Obama.

02:05Given Crimea, 12 years ago, without a shot being fired.

02:08And no going into NATO by Ukraine. Some things never change.