Trump strategist says priority in Ukraine is ‘realistic’ peace: ‘Crimea is gone’
Trump’s team later distanced itself from Republican operative Bryan Lanza’s remarks, saying he did not speak for the US president-elect
A Republican operative said in an interview broadcast on Saturday that the Trump administration’s priority in Ukraine would be establishing peace and not restoring lost territory, including Crimea, though the US president-elect’s team later sought to distance him from the remarks.
Bryan Lanza, a long-time Republican strategist who was a contractor on Donald’s Trump’s 2024 campaign, told the BBC that the new administration would be asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a “realistic vision for peace”.
“And if President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he’s not serious. Crimea is gone,” . . . “And if that is your priority of getting Crimea back and having American soldiers fight to get Crimea back, you’re on your own.”
“And if President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he’s not serious. Crimea is gone,” . . . “And if that is your priority of getting Crimea back and having American soldiers fight to get Crimea back, you’re on your own.”
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