Russia

December 3, 2025

Art of the Deal? Trump’s ‘poor negotiating tactics’ fail to bring peace

The peace talks between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine have failed because of poor negotiating tactics, according to a report in Time Magazine.”So far, no compromise version of a peace settlement has been found,” Yuri Ushakov, an advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin, said after Tuesday’s five-hour meeting between Putin and U.S. Special Envoy and former Long Island real estate lawyer Steve Witkoff.Time writer Daniel Fried says this is no surprise, writing, “Putin has never negotiated in good faith since his first invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Instead, he has…