The incompetence of the Trump administration is incredible.
Witkoff has now met Putin five times in long meetings without any own interpreter or assistant.
He seems to have misunderstood everything.
1. The US demand was full ceasefire, but Putin offered only partial ceasefire. /1
Witkoff has now met Putin five times in long meetings without any own interpreter or assistant.
He seems to have misunderstood everything.
1. The US demand was full ceasefire, but Putin offered only partial ceasefire. /1
2. Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from the rest of Zaporizhzhe & Kherson oblasts, but Witkoff thought he offered Russia to withdraw.
3. Witkoff thought Putin agreed a trilateral meeting with Trump & Zelensky, but he did not. /2
3. Witkoff thought Putin agreed a trilateral meeting with Trump & Zelensky, but he did not. /2
The only thing Witkoff appears to have understood was that Putin wanted the well fortified remaining Ukrainian-held quarter of Donetsk oblast (Sloviansk & Kramatorsk), which would be a major blow to Ukraine's whole defense. /3
Needless to say Putin offered nothing about returning kidnapped and trafficked Ukrainian children or war reparations.
If the US had had a normal diplomatic service, Witkoff would have been sacked, but Trump favors incompetence and the undermining of the US. /4
If the US had had a normal diplomatic service, Witkoff would have been sacked, but Trump favors incompetence and the undermining of the US. /4
Without Putin having made any concessions but on the basis of dumbwit Witkoff's misunderstandings, Trump is now inviting sanctioned international criminal Putin to meet him on US ground for the first time since 2003.
What an embarrassment for the US! /5
What an embarrassment for the US! /5
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