Will Trump Choose Victory or Defeat in Ukraine?

Victory is achievable. Defeat would be catastrophic. The choice is now Trump’s.

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A serviceman of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S5 Hyacinth-s self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops at a front line near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 18, 2024.

Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters

President-elect Donald Trump will soon face a fateful choice: victory or defeat in Ukraine?

There is a large faction within the Trump camp that has long been arguing the West needs to push for an end of the war immediately, regardless of whether such a ‘peace’ would be favorable to Russia, even to the point of possibly allowing it to conquer Ukraine. At various times during his presidential campaign, Trump himself made statements that align with such sentiments. But Trump will soon be president. His stance on Ukraine will be judged not by how well it plays at a campaign rally or on Fox News, but by how it works out in reality.

Robert Zubrin

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Robert Zubrin

Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer and the author of twelve books, most recently The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet.

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