The news that the Trump administration agreed to Russia to negotiate a Ukrainian settlement without including Ukraine in talks has overturned years of efforts to isolate Moscow It was a revelation that was there.
However, the prominent voices in the right-wing media world interpreted this week's development as a source of celebration.
“Every day felt like a Christmas morning, right?” Kari Lake, a former TV news anchor politician who is poised to run Voice of America, said in a podcast interview on Tuesday. “President Trump wants peace in all countries.”
Charlie Kirk, a co-founder of Turning Point USA and podcast host with over 4.6 million followers on social media platform X, praised the discussion as a “breath of fresh air.”
And Jacques Posoviek, a stubborn Trump loyalty best known for spreading the infamous “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, evoked the title of Trump's bestselling book in 1987. “Women and Gentlemen,” he said on his podcast, “It's the art of peace agreements.”
They are one of the pools of media figures alongside Trump, who has become one of the toughest critics of American strategy in dealing with Russian war in Ukraine, and in vain the Biden administration's efforts, national interests. They are considered harmful to and ultimately in wasted. They opposed sending more aid to Ukraine, opposed the inclusion of the country in North Atlantic Treaty bodies, and suggested that at least some of the territory seized by Russia in the conflict should be abandoned. .
Now that Trump is in charge, many of those same right-wing voices support the president's unorthodox approach to creating media stories that go against the deep unrest that are expressed directly in Russia's leadership. It functions as a supportive chorus. Foreign policy facilities.
The growing number of Republicans is in line with this once-intrusive view. It is a testament to Trump's ability to bring Republicans to Heal on almost every issue, overturning his former silly stance towards Russia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who represents the United States in Saudi Arabia's meeting with Russia, was once the Ukrainian champion, but as a senator last year he opposed the parliamentary aid package that includes Ukraine, and Trump opposed. I opposed it. .
Trump campaigned on a promise to end the war in Ukraine, and last week he pushed the issue to the top of his agenda. On Wednesday, he disclosed a surprising call with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin.
The day after the call, Tucker Carlsson devoted most of his live interview with Hungarian President Viktor Orban (his own beloved of American rights) to the war and its potential resolutions.
“Donald Trump has already changed the way we think about the whole Western world,” Orban told him.
Carlson, a former Fox news star who is one of the most popular podcasters today, claims that Ukrainian President Voldy Maimer Zelensky is a dictator used in the West, and the Fox Primetime Show Pro-Russia debate was promoted for a long time. It will undermine Russia.
A year ago, Carlson flew to Moscow and gave a two-hour interview with a representative from a Western media outlet and Putin, the first one-on-one session of the Russian president, for the first time in years. Expressing sympathy for Putin's perspective, Carlson criticized European aid for us and Ukraine and Ukraine's own governance, which is the centre of his message.
Throughout his political career, Trump has shown that he not only amplifies the perspectives of his media supporters, but also not only acts directly against them, but also particularly accepts such commentary. Ta.
That dynamic appeared to have reached new heights last week when Posobiec accompanied Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on a trip to Germany, Belgium and Poland for a high-level security conference. Posobiec took up the front row seat, if not an active role, in highly sensitive diplomacy.
Posobiec was not a government official and not travelling as part of the press squad. Instead, he was invited by Pentagon officials to appear to have free access, allowing influencers to provide running commentary about high-level conversations.
Mr. Posobiec then traveled to Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, where he met with Mr. Zelensky. Posobiec called the trip the “Trump Peace Delegation.”
Critics, including many veterans from the diplomatic corps, are surprised by Trump's apparent reconciliation with Russia. The talks in Saudi Arabia are a volatility from previous US efforts to isolate Russia and impose sanctions on political and financial leaders as punishment for the 2022 Ukraine invasion, which in decades have been in Europe It led to the most destructive war. Opponents also viewed it as a potential danger for a transatlantic partnership like NATO.
Britity Hume, chief political analyst at Fox News, heard a note on the negotiations. He speculated that direct talks between the US and Russia would portend a more comprehensive negotiation and could ultimately bring the parties together to find a solution.
“I don't think he'll sell out Ukraine,” Hume said of Trump. “I think these early talks in Saudi Arabia are probably closer to the outline of the table. And obviously, when you're only negotiating with one, you can't reconcile between the two countries. ”
