US President Donald Trump is trying to force through a new deal that would see America gain control Ukraine’s critical minerals and energy assets in a major expansion on his previous demands.
Remember when he said, “24 hours after he’d be president, he’d have peace?”
That's part of a desensitization strategy where trumpy makes outlandish claims nobody takes seriously so if he manages to deliver on a single one out of hundreds of such, he's celebrated as a visionary. So republicans are measured by their successes and Democrats are measured by their failures, no matter how low those rates may be for each.
Trump, not America, but Donald J Trump gets the entire of post-Soviet Ukraine, including 10th century Kievan Rus lands, on the condition that he settles those lands for 100 years. This is non-negotiable.
A more realistic counter-proposal: Ukraine will negotiate a trade deal with China, because China is not under Putin's influence - on the contrary, Putin is heavily dependent on China and under their influence. At this point, they can tell him to stop. He's very low on reserves.