The world had grown used to the spectacle: Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed peacemaker, promising a swift resolution to the war in Ukraine \u2013 a firm handshake here, a tough deal there. Even during the campaign, he had declared that within 24 hours of returning to the White House, he would secure a ceasefire. But months later, almost nothing remains of those negotiations \u2013 and Trump\u2019s tone toward Moscow has dramatically sharpened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After one of Russia\u2019s deadliest assault waves since the beginning of the war, in which at least twelve people were killed in Kyiv, the president suddenly appeared unusually harsh: \u201cI don\u2019t know what the hell happened to Putin,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019m not happy with what he\u2019s doing. He\u2019s killing a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a sentence packed with political dynamite. Because it reverberated not only through international diplomacy \u2013 but above all within his own ranks. The \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d movement, long a monolithic bloc behind its leader, is now showing fine but clearly growing cracks. What once passed as unconditional loyalty is now morphing into a field of controversial positions: while part of the MAGA base is now calling for tougher action against Russia \u2013 including sanctions and military support \u2013 others remain loyal to Trump, believing he is poorly advised or being misled by \u201cglobalist elites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley expressed himself in the clearest terms. \u201cI\u2019ve had enough of Putin killing innocent people,\u201d he wrote Monday on X. \u201cPresident Trump, take action \u2013 at least sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don Bacon, Representative from Nebraska, also left no doubt about his position: \u201cIt is time for honesty. Peace talks are having zero effect on Putin. His goal is to dominate Ukraine, and he won\u2019t stop until he realizes he cannot win.\u201d His demand: maximum sanctions, military support \u201cto the teeth,\u201d and the confiscation of $300 billion in frozen Russian overseas assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump, by contrast, seems to be wavering between fronts. On the one hand, he hints that Putin may simply be playing for time \u2013 \u201ctapping me along,\u201d as he said. On the other, his criticism once again targets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The latter, Trump said, is \u201cdoing his country no favors\u201d with his language, and \u201ceverything he says causes problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is this double strategy \u2013 admonishing Putin, blaming Zelenskyy \u2013 that many commentators see as a sign of internal indecision. But the price is high: the ideological core of his movement threatens to crumble. What remains is a fractured right, torn between isolationism and interventionism, between old loyalty and growing frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And above all hangs the question: Is this the moment when Trump\u2019s claim to leadership begins to erode \u2013 not because of external opponents, but because of the disintegration of his own camp? The coming weeks will likely determine whether MAGA is still a monolith \u2013 or merely a fractured shadow of its former self.<\/p>\n
Die Welt hatte sich an das Schauspiel gew\u00f6hnt: Donald Trump, der selbsternannte Friedensbringer, verspricht die schnelle Beilegung des Ukrainekriegs, ein starker H\u00e4ndedruck hier, ein harter Deal dort. Noch im Wahlkampf hatte er verk\u00fcndet, binnen 24 Stunden nach seiner R\u00fcckkehr ins Wei\u00dfe Haus einen Waffenstillstand zu erzielen. Doch Monate sp\u00e4ter ist von Verhandlungen kaum etwas \u00fcbrig […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,34,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-rights","category-inferno-ukraine","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"\n