Trump tells Poroshenko he will try to bring peace to Ukraine

[OKIsItJustMe]

Source: Agence France Presse

Trump tells Poroshenko he will try to bring peace to Ukraine

5 Feb 2017

US President Donald Trump told Ukraine's leader on Saturday that he would work with Kiev and Moscow to try to end the bloodshed in the European Union's backyard.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's first conversation with the new US leader came during a sharp escalation in violence in the Russian-backed separatist east that has claimed 35 lives in the past week.

It also took place as the former Soviet republic worries that Trump is seeking to build a friendship with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Some analysts linked the escalation of the violence to this potential thaw in relations while others attributed it to more local issues.

Yet Poroshenko's hope of the same US commitment to his impoverished country as the one seen under the Barack Obama administrations appeared to have been dashed by a rather neural statement from Trump.

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Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/trump-tells-poroshenko-he-will-try-bring-peace-ukraine

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“I know a guy…”

[tanyev]

2. Oh, FFS. The guy who's created chaos and unrest in his own country

is going to bring peace to the Ukraine? Please.

[LudwigPastorius]

3. "Peace for our time" eh, Trump?

Except, I doubt Chamberlain gave Czechoslovakia away because Hitler had evidence of him being pissed on by hookers.

[neverforget]

4. By peace he means selling out Ukraine to Putin. nt

[MBS]

14. " " " " n/t

[mahina]

5. That's a tall order for someone who can't zip his fly without catching

Himself.

[nycbos]

6. How about Russian troops back across their border.

[cstanleytech]

7. There wont be peace until Putin has taken what parts of the Ukraine that he wants, after he is done

though there will be peace unless of course he decides he wants to invade even more of the Ukraine or one of its neighbors.

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. Putin wants control of the pipelines going to Crimea. He'll take the land that gives him ownership.

[cstanleytech]

10. Yup I already figured that which probably means his goal is probably going to be to secure

most of the land atleast from Kremenchuk as well as all the land south of it especially where the Dnieper river runs.

[NCjack]

8. Ukraine, be careful, Trump is trying to grab your pussy. nt

[Little Tich]

11. I'm not so sure that giving Putin everything he wants is a good idea.

We all know on whose side Trump stands.

[lark]

12. He's such a freaking liar.

Translation, hold on, Russia is going to take over your country with international action stalled by me and you will be killed and Putin will win.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Spheres of influence

were established with the liberation of Europe following World War II, he
who liberated and threw resources at liberation, claimed the right to the
territory.

I don't think other than humanitarian consideration that Trump is viewed
as very relevant there. Unless he's trading us for them.