Donald Trump's 28-Point Plan for Ukraine's Capitulation

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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His proposal to end Russia's war is actually an ultimatum to Ukraine, since it would ratify Vladimir Putin's territorial gains and cap the size of Kyiv's military, while offering only a vague U.S. security guarantee. Trump suggests he might end American support if Ukraine won't agree, but what might be the costs to the U.S. of a bad deal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.5	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:43.2	President Trump draws up a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine, including a deadline he's saying next week to agree to it. What is in this document now public in the
0:50.6	press are these terms that the Ukrainian public and President Vladimir Zelensky can accept,
0:56.1	and what are the risks to the U.S. of a capitulation to Russia's Vladimir Putin?
1:02.0	Welcome him, Kyle Peterson, with the Wall Street Journal.
1:05.1	We're joined today by my colleagues' editorial board member Kate O'Dell and columnist Joe Sternberg in London, buoyed by the success
1:14.2	of his 20-point plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, which led finally to the release of Hamas' Israeli
1:21.1	hostages. President Trump is now trying a similar approach in Ukraine with a 28-point document
1:27.1	that has been mooted in the press
1:29.3	and now made public. Let's listen to President Trump on Friday on the Brian Kilmead radio show
1:34.8	explaining that he is not taking sanctions off Russia yet, but there is a deadline for Ukraine
1:40.9	to consider and accept this proposal. You're not pulling off the sanctions while you wait on the 28-point plan, because it
1:48.0	seems like every time you do, Vladimir Putin, want you to stop it.
1:51.0	We have very strong sanctions.
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