KT McFarland, former deputy national security adviser, told Newsmax on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s strategy in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia is centered on economic leverage and his determination to avoid pushing Moscow into Beijing’s embrace.
“The economics is frankly the biggest part of this,” McFarland told “Newsline” host Bianca de la Garza. She said Trump is “threading a needle” in trying to end the war, locking in security guarantees for Kyiv, and still leaving the door open for constructive relations with Russia.
“He could alienate Russia and get the deal done because he would crush Russia’s economy,” McFarland explained. “But what does that do? It just pushes Russia into the hands of the Chinese, which we don’t want. We don’t want a Chinese-Russian alliance to the United States.”
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