“Mr. Trump's campaign rhetoric was undoubtedly tough, eccentric, and emotional – and it had to be strikingly different from the statements made by the opposing candidate [Vice President Kamala Harris]. However, once you are elected and briefed by representatives of the U.S. intelligence community and the Department of Defense just before taking office, that’s an entirely different matter,” he said.
The advisor to the head of the Office of the President noted that Trump would receive “much more information about the nature of this war” and the true intentions of the illegitimate president of the aggressor country, Russia, Vladimir Putin.
“I hope that a report analyzing Putin's psychological profile will finally be presented, explaining why this person is inherently untrustworthy in negotiations,” Podolyak stated.
According to him, “the deeper you delve into this, the more obvious it becomes that this war is not just a struggle for territories somewhere in Eastern Europe, but a confrontation over what security rules will exist in the world.”
“This is a conflict over global leadership as such, and investments in Ukraine are also investments in your own leadership, in your own security, and in the existing international law that Putin seeks to nullify,” Podolyak emphasized.
He pointed out that the war between Russia and Ukraine is not about disputed territories.
“This is a typical aggressive war: Russia has invaded Ukraine and is acting without restraint. [...] Recently, Putin spoke and once again put forward these unreasonable demands: 'You must give us everything – and there should be no sanctions against us.' What do you hope to achieve in negotiations with such a person? That the Russian Federation will finally understand it bears no responsibility for its act of aggression? By doing so, you are encouraging it to continue. [...] If the war is stopped now on Moscow's terms, Europe will have to prepare for a siege. Russian diversions, which are already occurring throughout the EU, will be scaled up. Putin's Russia can only exist in a format of expansion,” Podolyak explained.