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Trump's Ukraine Exit Strategy: Sacrifice Zelensky for 'Peace'

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Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, retired USAF, ex-Pentagon analyst, reveals Trump's likely endgame.

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Trump previously called the negotiations with Russia "very good", and hoped they are "ending that road".

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Trump's Ukraine Exit Strategy: Sacrifice Zelensky for 'Peace'

01:48 GMT 07.08.2025 (Updated: 04:49 GMT 07.08.2025)

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.08.2025

Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, retired USAF, ex-Pentagon analyst, reveals Trump's likely endgame.

"I would put money on a bet that Mr. Witkoff has advised Trump the easiest way to get Ukraine off the headlines, and counted as a 'win for peace' is to fire Zelensky, and have a new popular leader in Ukraine see as signatory to an end of hostilities with Russia."