The Daily Blast: Trump’s Surprise Admission about Putin Wrecks “Great Dealmaker” Scam

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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President Donald Trump just made some new public statements about the Russia-Ukraine war, and they were thoroughly unimpressive. At one point, he seemed to get angry at Vladimir Putin over a massive new Russian attack on Ukraine, calling on Putin to “STOP.” But then in remarks to reporters, he openly suggested that he doesn’t expect Russia to make any serious concessions at all in the quest for peace. This striking public admission badly undercuts Trump’s “master dealmaker” mystique, and wrecks the illusion he’s cultivated that he expects genuine concessions from both sides. We talked to Ben Burgis, a columnist at Jacobin and a podcaster who has a good new piece for MSNBC.com analyzing Trump’s negotiating strategy. Burgis explains why Trump’s approach is likely to be counterproductive at best—and why it could produce catastrophic long-term results. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.4	President Donald Trump just made some surprising new public statements about the Russia-Ukraine war,
1:07.7	and the results were pretty unimpressive. At one point, he seemed to get angry at Vladimir Putin over a massive and deadly new Russian attack on Ukraine, calling on Putin to
1:12.2	stop. But then, at another point, Trump seemed to suggest that he's not going to expect Russia
1:18.6	to make any concessions of any kind in the quest for peace. That instantly wrecked the illusion
1:24.8	Trump is trying to spin that he expects genuine concessions from
1:28.3	both sides. We're trying to unravel all of this today with Ben Burgess, a columnist at Jacobin
1:34.5	and a podcaster who has a good new piece for MSNBC.com, arguing that Trump's strategy for peace
1:40.3	in the Russia-Ukraine conflict looks likely to be counterproductive at best. Ben, thanks for
1:45.3	coming on. Yeah, thank you so much for having me. So to catch people up, the Trump administration
1:51.3	this week started pressuring Ukraine to accept a peace deal that would basically give Russia all the
1:56.6	territory it has secured so far while blocking Ukraine from ever joining NATO.
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