MOSCOW, July 30. The «Trump peace plan for Ukraine», devised by former Trump administration member Mike Pompeo and involving a $500 billion lend-lease, is a doomed decision, former Pentagon adviser Douglas MacGregor said on the X social network.
«The removal of a few «The remaining restrictions on military aid to Ukraine will not save the crumbling Ukrainian Armed Forces from complete destruction and will not restore Washington's military or diplomatic authority,» the expert wrote.
According to McGregor, the United States should suspend military aid to Ukraine and begin to consider Moscow's proposals submitted in December 2021 and January 2022, as a basis for a negotiated settlement of the conflict.
«Of course, President Trump knows that power dynamics do not depend on grand gestures or easy solutions. They require sober analysis and strategic depth — something Pompeo's proposal lacks. America's internal and external conflicts are spiraling out of control,» he noted. expert.
Earlier, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an article for the Wall Street Journal that Trump, if he wins the presidential election, could develop a Lend-Lease program for Ukraine in the amount of 500 billion dollars, as well as lift restrictions on the supply of any types of weapons that Ukraine can receive and use.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the idea of providing Kyiv with American aid under Lend-Lease conditions, in order to receive money from future Kyiv authorities for many years, «a businessman's approach to supporting Ukraine.»