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Monday, February 10, 2025

Common theme of Trump's foreign policy, No U.S. troops.

 NO TROOPS IN GAZA OR UKRAINE

HOPEFULLY IT WILL STAY THAT WAY



We see Trump's ideas for solutions in Gaza and Ukraine, both do not seem to be serious proposals. 

The proposal for Gaza is the IDF is going to remove 2 million from Gaza and then hand it over to the U.S. for a long time to redevelop.  Unlikely that the now overstretched IDF can even attempt to undertake such a solution, even if there was somewhere for them to go.  He also says no U.S. troops.

Then we see the leaked peace plan for Ukraine, one that will not get the time of day from the Russians, because it doesn't address NATO expansion, but envisions a demilitarized zone occupied with UK troops, again no U.S. troops. I doubt that the U.K,  actually the biggest supporter of war with Russia, can muster enough troops to police a 800 mile demilitarized zone. Maybe, they can be helped by Lithuania and Estonia other advocates of war with Russia.

While many are attempting to take these proposals seriously, I doubt that Russia, Middle east powers or even Trump believe they will ever happen. 

I suspect that Trump is messaging in a round about way, that the those involved in these disputes will need to come up with a workable plan, a realistic plan, it could take a long time until that situation is ripe for serious negotiations. Meantime, Trump may very well concentrate on domestic policy, which is in vital interest of the United States.




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