Bryan Lanza, a strategist who worked on Trump’s recent election campaign, told the BBC that the incoming administration would ask Ukrainian President Zelensky for his acceptance of a “realistic vision for peace”.
“And if President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well, we can only have peace if we have Crimea, it shows us that he’s not serious,” he said. “Crimea is lost.”
Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014. Eight years later, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has seized territory in the east of the country.
The president-elect has repeatedly said his priority is to end the war and stop what he describes as a drain on US resources in the form of military aid to Ukraine.
However, he has yet to reveal how he plans to do it – and will likely hear different… visions for the future of Ukraine from his various advisers.
Lanza, a political adviser to Trump during his 2016 and 2024 campaigns, did not mention areas of eastern Ukraine, but said Russia’s recapture of Crimea was unrealistic and “not the goal of the United States.”
“When Zelensky says we will only stop this fighting, there will be peace only when Crimea is returned, we have news for President Zelensky: Crimea is gone,” he told the BBC World Service weekend programme.
“And if that’s your priority to get Crimea back and have American soldiers fighting to take Crimea back, you’re on your own.”
The US has never deployed US troops to fight in Ukraine, nor has Kiev asked US troops to fight on its behalf. Ukraine has only requested US military assistance to equip its own soldiers.
Mr. Lanza said he has enormous respect for the Ukrainian people, whose “hearts are made like lions.” However, he said the US priority is “peace and to stop the killing”.
“What we’re going to say in Ukraine is, do you know what you’re seeing? What do you see as a realistic vision for peace? It is not a vision of victory, but it is a vision of peace. And let’s start having an honest conversation,” he said.
Trump is expected to handle peace talks with a close circle of aides once he takes office.
An unnamed National Security Council aide who previously served under Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday: “Anyone — no matter how senior in Trump’s circle — who claims to have a different view or a more detailed window into his plans for Ukraine, it just doesn’t. you know what he’s talking about.”
They said the former president “makes his own calls on national security issues” and had done so “many times at this point.”
Trump spoke with Zelensky after his election victory, with billionaire Elon Musk also on the call.
Trump’s Democratic opponents have accused him of cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and say his approach to the war amounts to a surrender on Ukraine that would endanger all of Europe.
Last month, Zelensky presented a “victory plan” to the Ukrainian parliament that included refusing to cede Ukraine’s territories and sovereignty.
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly said he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in one day,” but never elaborated.
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