According to one Democratic lawmaker, Donald Trump seems to be under the illusion that if he can force a peace agreement on Ukraine that will end the war precipitated by Russia's illegal invasion, that will put him in line for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" with co-host Jonathan Lemire, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said the devil is in the details and Trump only siding with the aggressor in the war is going to leave him empty handed when Nobels are announced.
After addressing drastic cutbacks planned for the Veterans Administration, the ranking minority member of the House Armed Forces Committee turned to the Ukraine war and Trump's bullying tactics aimed at President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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"Trump is not doing this because he wants both sides to a peace agreement," he told the host. "He's put no pressure on Russia ––he's taken it off. He's doing it because he's sympathetic to Putin and Russia and not sympathetic to Zelensky and I'll leave it to therapists to figure out exactly why that is, but it is absolutely true."
"I also heard one of your previous people talking about Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize; he thinks he's going to force peace if he doesn't put pressure on Putin, if he keeps putting all the pressure on Zelensky in Ukraine, who, by the way, has plenty of pressure on him already from Russia, he's not going to get that."
"So if you're going to want that peace prize, you better start putting pressure on Putin and Russia to force them to the table," he advised. "Putin is the one who doesn't want to negotiate and Trump's putting all of the pressure on Zelensky. It is not just a betrayal of democracy and a betrayal of our commitment to Ukraine, it's stupid if you're trying to actually get to a peace agreement."
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