“Dealmaker” Trump frustrated by inability to strike business

President Donald Trump, who publicly appeals to himself as “chief administrator” The Wall Street Journal.

At a meeting with closed doors with top donors in Mar-A-Lago last week, Trump admitted that the frustration he has out of his inability to convey peace between Russia and Ukraine Wsj.

He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, from whom Trump often claimed to negotiate in good faith, had made a particularly hard bargain. Putin wants “the whole thing,” said Trump, referring to Ukraine.

The president also told the audience that it was difficult to end the war in Gaza, he had found because “she has been fighting for a thousand years” magazine reported.

Trump has marketed himself as a clever negotiator long before entering the political arena. During his first life as a real estate developer, Trump's profile was increased by publishing a bestseller book from 1987, which shared his business strategy: The art of the deal.

The attitude did not translate into concrete success during its second term. Although the president can quickly end the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, he still has to make one of the two promise.

“Blusters and theater have their role in diplomatic high -wire cycles, but also details and hard work,” said Dan Baer, ​​a former ambassador in Barack Obama's administration The magazine.

Kyle Haynes, a foreign policy professor at Purdue University, told that of the magazine That Trump's wild claim to end the Russia Ukraine war on his first day in office-the door opened to hard criticism when reality is neglected.

“If he had not repeatedly promised such things throughout the campaign, it would be wild unfair to criticize him for not reaching them,” said Haynes. “But he did it.”

Trump perhaps achieved the first major diplomatic victory of his second term on Saturday, when he announced that India and Pakistan had approved a ceasefire after months of increasing tensions. However, India Pakistan accused of violating the agreement within a few hours.

In an explanation to the magazineThe deputy press spokeswoman for the White House, Anna Kelly, said Trump was “laser -oriented to deliver peace worldwide and to prevent bad actors from being harmful to the Americans and our allies”.

“Your approach was successful-HOUTHIS agreed to a ceasefire, 47 Americans arrested abroad came home, the NATO countries increase the expenditure of defense, China is put off and we are closer to peace in the Russia Ukraine war than ever before,” she said.

The White House did not react immediately to the request of the daily baster for a comment on magazine'S article.