Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) slammed the Trump administration’s peace proposal for the war in Ukraine on Sunday, saying it is “almost a series of Russian talking points.”
Some U.S. senators said Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them the peace plan between Russia and Ukraine was not authored by the United States, though Rubio and the State Department have sought to quell these concerns. Warner said issues with the “awful” peace plans include Ukraine giving up the Donbas region and never being allowed to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
“It feels like this was a plan that they took almost entirely from the Russians, did no consultation with Congress, no consultation with the Europeans, obviously didn’t read in Zelensky and the Ukrainians, and now they’re getting ferocious pushback, so one more time, Trump is changing his deadline,” Warner said on ABC News’s This Week.
“Of course, how we picked Thanksgiving to start with, I have no idea, but now even with this back-and-forth that it’s not really an American plan or is it an American plan, this is the kind of chaos that unfortunately represents so much of the Trump foreign policy,” Warner said.
Warner also predicted that Chinese President Xi Jinping is closely watching the peace negotiations in Europe, and whether President Donald Trump will “force” his peace plan. He added that if the Trump administration chooses to “throw in their towel” on Ukraine, it allows China to take action against Taiwan.
The senator said there is still “overwhelming” support for Ukraine, and expressed hope Trump will be “a bit more reasonable” before any peace agreement is finalized.
EXHAUSTED UKRAINE MAY BE READY FOR PEACE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X his country’s delegation is working in Geneva on Sunday to find “doable solutions to end the war, restore peace, and guarantee lasting security.” Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff, has also said “we are in a very constructive mood.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that both warring countries have been equally involved in peace deal negotiations, though Trump is “increasingly frustrated” with both countries and their perceived “refusal to commit to a peace agreement.”
