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Beware Trump, the global peacemaker

Donald Trump’s administration has sent a decisive message that will shake the world. Signs of a peace deal in Ukraine are emerging along with evidence that the President will scale back the US global alliance system and leave Europe to deter Vladimir Putin.

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(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 7, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) in Cumming, Georgia, on October 15, 2024, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in Kazan on October 24, 2024. US President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine, threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the war. Trump's warning in a Truth Social post on January 22, 2025, came as the Republican seeks a quick solution to a grinding conflict that he had promised to end before even starting his second term. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage and Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Trump warned against Munich 2.0

Donald Trump has been warned against appeasement of Russia after opening negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, with the US President flagging his opposition to Kyiv joining NATO or a return to pre-2014 borders.

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