Trump betrayed; President against President or clown against clown? | The latest state of the war front

The intensification of the verbal conflict between Trump and Zelensky and the US military pressure on Ukraine has made Europe face an uncertain future and an unreliable alliance with Washington.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, Vatan wrote today: These days, the gambling president of America and the clown president of Ukraine are very angry with each other. Contrary to Trump's claim during the election campaigns, the war in Ukraine did not stop within 24 hours after he entered the White House, nor did it end after months. Now, the war in Ukraine continues fiercely, and while Trump's presidency is approaching 2 years, there is no news of the fulfillment of his promise to quickly end this war.

The war in Ukraine, which was first accompanied by the full support of the White House to Kiev and the strengthening of that country's weapons arsenal by Washington, has now become a clear example of the turn of American foreign policy; A turn in which the new government simply distances itself from the previous government's commitments and turns yesterday's ally into a party under pressure to accept Washington's terms. Trump considers the military support for Ukraine a heavy cost for the United States, and while his administration has provided weapons and missiles to Kiev in exchange for receiving dollars, he is now fed up with the continuation of the war. However, what most questioned the terrorist president of America is his inability to fulfill the promise of an immediate end to the war; The promise that was supposed to be one of the most important signs of his superiority and efficiency in foreign policy has become a symbol of failure for Trump.

After rejecting the cease-fire plan proposed by the United States by Ukraine, Trump, in his latest statements about this war, accused Zelensky of not having the real will to reach an agreement and claimed that Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries have caused an increase in global oil prices. In an interview with the Newsmax network, Trump said that Zelensky is "not a good person to interact with" and although he talks about the desire to reach an agreement, he does not actually want to reach an agreement.

Donald Trump also considered the personal enmity between Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin as a serious obstacle to reaching an agreement and once again emphasized that the war in Ukraine should end quickly. He also claimed that Ukraine needs to hold new elections despite the war conditions.

These statements are made in the continuation of several months of tension between the two presidents; The tensions that became one of the most controversial moments during their meeting last year in the Oval Office of the White House and in front of the media cameras. During that meeting, Trump and US Vice President JD Vance repeatedly interrupted Zelensky and accused him of being ungrateful for Washington's support and not being ready to make an agreement with Russia. This public argument led to the early end of the meeting and the desired agreement on Ukraine's mineral resources did not come to fruition. Now, with the intensification of differences, it seems clearer than before that the relationship between Washington and Kiev is not based on a stable commitment, but based on the changing calculations and daily demands of the White House.

Trump seeks to appoint a president for Ukraine

These days, the American president is so angry with Zelensky that he even demanded to change the president of Ukraine. A few days ago, with a strong verbal attack on the president of that country, he demanded his resignation and accused Zelensky of obstructing the way to reach an agreement with Russia.

Trump claimed that Zelensky had many opportunities to end the war but refused to do so. He added that the president of Ukraine wants to create problems for America and the world by targeting Russian oil refineries. Addressing the people of Ukraine, the American president said: I suggest you choose a new president so that he can reach an agreement. He also emphasized: It is time for Ukraine to have a new president.

These statements, beyond the personal differences between the two psychopathic politicians, actually show Trump's view of America's allies and prove that Washington supports aligned governments as long as those governments are obedient and completely submissive. On the other hand, the request of the President of the United States to change the head of an ally country comes while Washington had previously introduced the military and political support of the same government as one of the axes of its foreign policy, and now it has completely turned in the other direction from its policies of 2 years ago; A turn that shows that even America's close allies cannot count on Washington's support and commitments.

At the same time, Trump's statement to change the president of Ukraine was soon accompanied by the reaction of the Europeans, including Andy Burnham, the British Prime Minister, who emphasized his "full solidarity" with the president of Ukraine. This reaction shows that the dispute over the future of the war in Ukraine is not only limited to the relationship between Washington and Kyiv, and it can also deepen the gap between America and its European allies.

Against Trump's pressure to end the war on Washington's terms, Zelensky accused the US president of treason. In an interview with Piers Morgan, a famous English journalist, the President of Ukraine said: "I feel betrayed by the President of the United States, Donald Trump."

In response to the question whether Ukraine will lose America, Zelensky declared: "Yes! But we cannot be weak."

In response to the Russian-American fuel agreement, he also criticized Washington's position and said: "It is painful to see that the United States does not take the side of Ukraine. It's okay to be in the middle, but you have to stay in the middle, not on the wrong side! I think Trump's advisers are wrong. I don't know who is leading him in the wrong direction. This is not the right side of history."

These words reveal the deep gap between the two sides; From Kiev's point of view, the gap is not just a difference on how to end the war, but it is related to the change in the position of America, which has changed from a supporter of Ukraine to a party that pressures Kiev to reach an agreement with Moscow. In such a situation, the main question is: To what extent can America's close allies be confident in the continuation of that country's commitments? The war in Ukraine and the 180-degree turn of America in it is a clear example of the failure of trust in Washington in the international system; The trust that seems to be completely gone between the two sides now.

import of Russian diesel fuel from America; A dramatic act?

In the continuation of the tension in the war in Ukraine, the issue of Putin and Trump's agreement on the export of diesel from Russia to the United States has also been raised, and in contrast, Zelensky, referring to Kiev's ability to target Russian oil infrastructure, has warned that Ukraine plays a decisive role in deciding the passage of Russian diesel shipments and the operation of this country's refineries. In an interview with "S&P Global" Institute, he said: "We have a say in whether these ships will move or not and whether these refineries will operate or not."

Zelenskiy's position was raised while, according to the S&P Global report, Ukraine's attacks took half of Russia's primary refining capacity out of orbit by the end of September and reduced the country's diesel exports to 100,000 to 150,000 barrels per day.

Tatyana Stepanova, an economic expert, emphasized that Russia's diesel export to Ukraine is dependent on the restoration of refinery capacity, and that Ukraine's attacks can directly affect Moscow's ability to export fuel. However, Financial Times experts, referring to the recently announced agreement between Trump and Putin regarding the export of Russian diesel to America, believe that even if fully implemented, this agreement will have a limited impact on the global energy market, because Russia is supposed to supply 300,000 tons of diesel in the first phase, 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons in December; A volume that will estimate less than 4% of global demand.

On the other hand, many reports indicate that the export of Russian diesel to America is unlikely to solve the diesel fuel crisis in America, and its effect on reducing prices will be limited. According to the report of the "S&P Global" Institute, the initial supply of 300,000 tons of Russian diesel, compared to the daily consumption of 2.94 million barrels of the American transportation sector, provides less than one day's consumption of this sector. Masha Kotkin, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies of the United States, emphasized that the amount of fuel that can be supplied by Russia is insignificant compared to the demand in the United States and will not have a noticeable effect on the price of American diesel.

S&P Global's estimates also show that the announced shipments, even if fully delivered, are not enough to compensate for widespread supply disruptions, especially since the increase in prices is related to other factors, especially the US war against Iran, damage to the refineries of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, the reduction of fuel reserves and the disruption of the global supply chain.

Therefore, it seems that Trump's agreement with Putin may help to calm the diesel fuel market in the short term, but the solution to the American diesel crisis depends on the sustainable recovery of supply and the reduction of disturbances in the global energy market, and this disturbance will continue until the continuation of the American war against Iran. Based on this, in order to solve the diesel crisis in America, Trump needs pressure on his Ministry of War to announce the end of the war against Iran, more than pressure on Ukraine to stop the war; A war that is the main and most important reason for the increase in the global price of fuel and energy, including the price of diesel in America.

The intensity of the war in Ukraine has reached a point where it seems that neither Moscow nor Kiev value Trump's claims. Last week, the head of the American criminal government published a post on his personal account and claimed that an immediate ceasefire had been established in the attacks on the energy infrastructures of Russia and Ukraine and that both sides had agreed to it, but the developments in the field soon called his claim into question.

According to Ambassador Arjan AP and the Guardian English newspaper, Zelensky announced that after the ceasefire announcement, Russia continued to attack Ukraine's energy facilities; The attacks involved at least 19 regions of Ukraine and caused disruptions in the attack on the infrastructure of Kyiv and Kharkiv. Zelensky initially said that Ukraine had stopped attacking Russian refineries, but on October 15, he announced that he would drop this restriction, and Ukrainian forces targeted Russia's Ryazan refinery on the same day.

On the other hand, Moscow announced Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries and continued its attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. According to the Guardian, Washington's attempt to establish an "energy cease-fire" failed in practice, because neither Moscow nor Kiev had confirmed a clear and bilateral agreement about its terms before Trump's announcement, so Trump's claim about establishing a cease-fire, without a stable agreement and a clear mechanism for its implementation, turned into another promise whose validity was soon questioned by developments in the field.

The situation of not establishing an energy ceasefire in the Ukraine war, despite Trump's claim, showed that the American president in many cases, without examining the real grounds and implementation requirements of his claims, by making promises and announcing unfulfilled agreements, presents an unrealistic image of his ability to manage international crises, and this image is also unsupported and empty, just like his shrugs against others.

Ukraine's difficulty in continuing the war

Other reports also show that Ukraine is not in a favorable situation on the war front. The CNN news channel announced in a report that Ukraine has completed the interceptor missiles of its Patriot air defense system and has become more vulnerable to Russian ballistic missile attacks. According to the CNN report: In the last Russian attack on Kiev and other regions of Ukraine, almost none of the Russian ballistic missiles were intercepted due to the lack of interceptor missiles in that country.

According to this report, in this attack, Russian ballistic missiles targeted 3 power plants in Kyiv and energy infrastructures in Kharkiv were also targeted. This report pointed out that the Ukrainian Air Force had previously announced that it intercepted only 4 Russian ballistic missiles during this attack, adding: This shows that Kiev has used up the last of its Patriot missiles.

In the continuation of the CNN report, pointing out that this is not the first time that Kiev has completely exhausted its reserves of Patriot interceptors, it is stated: the President of Ukraine announced earlier in August that his country has only one-tenth of the interceptor missiles it needs urgently.

According to the report, Patriot interceptor missiles are both expensive and globally scarce, as other countries also use up their stockpiles or seek to bolster their defenses amid conflicts in West Asia.

This report further emphasizes the growing tensions between Trump and Zelensky while Moscow continues its attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The US government asked Ukraine to stop its attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure and refineries, but Zelensky said that he would only agree to stop these attacks against Russia if it receives more Patriot interceptor missiles in the first place.

Also, European officials told CNN that Trump has warned that if Kiev's deep attacks on Russian energy facilities are not stopped, he may suspend the weapons he sends to Ukraine at the expense of European countries and the sharing of information with Kiev.

According to this report, if Washington carries out this threat, any future shipment of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine to defend against Russian ballistic missiles will be threatened. CNN went on to point out that the lack of Patriot interceptor missiles is not the only problem in Ukraine, noting that Kiev is also struggling with the disruption of information sharing and the restrictions imposed on the military version of Starlink, known as "Starshield".

In this connection, the Washington Post newspaper wrote in a report titled "Along with the escalation of Russian attacks, Ukraine faced a severe shortage of Patriot interceptors", Kiev has reached the end of its stock of Patriot air defense missiles, and this issue has made the Ukrainian people vulnerable to continuous Russian attacks.