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Russia needs to continue to press on until Ukraine's inevitable surrender. There is nothing to negotiate with Trumpster while Russia is destroying Nazi-led AFU forces at attrition rates of about 5 to 1. Remember that the US and its cuck proxy NATO and AFU forces have tried to destroy Russia economically by blowing up Nordstream and through sanctions. One could say that NATO's main function was to destabilize Russia and force it to concede its autonomy so that it could be torn apart to give up its natural wealth. That was then. Now Russia dominates and will determine Ukraine's fate and there's nothing that Trumpster and his European stooges can do to change that. Trump will find out that escalating to de-escalate will only strengthen Russian resolve to force Ukraine's unconditional surrender. Russia won't cave into Trump's buffoon theatrics. If Trump threatens to escalate so be it. Russia will escalate too. After all, the best way to defend against a bully is to knock him out. Russia knows it can't negotiate with the West whose central philosophy is to lie, cheat, and steal, and that might is right. There will be plenty of time for negotiations after Russia has destroyed AFU forces and determines Ukraine's fate as it deems fit. There is no alternative (TINA)

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"It’s unclear how that would work..."

No, it really couldn't be any more simple: 1) de-militarisation, 2) de-nazification, 3) neutrality; point 1). What could be 'unclear' about that?

"...if Trump successfully ‘escalates to de-escalate’..."

It will be long past escalation before he's allowed to do that: Biden, in response to his Chinese 'talking-to', has already now pipped Trump to the escalation post (long-range (satellite) targeting of ATACMS).

"...possibly leading to more compromises on other goals too."

Possibly.

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