President Trump, Time For A Threesome “Nobody’s Ever Seen Before”… “Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane…”
President Trump, Time For A Threesome “Nobody’s Ever Seen Before”
Use Air Force One And Bring President Zelensky To Moscow
No Upside And Too Much Downside For President Putin To Harm President Zelensky While Under The Protection Of President Trump
Shift To The West 20% Of The Boundary Of One Oblast- Russian Federation Then Has Desired 100%- Can That End The Military Component Of The War?
In 2023, Was Ron DeSantis, Governor Of The State Of Florida, Correct Describing The Russian Federation-Ukraine War As A “Territorial Dispute”?
Thought For Mr. Dmitriev- “Only On Russia’sTerms” Works Only If Someone Has Something That Others Must Have And There Is No Replacement.
A moment is approaching for the president of the United States to go all in and risk harm to ego, personal relationship embarrassment, political deflation, and political prestige.
Donald Trump, President of the United States (2017-2021 and 2025-2029), has deployed various words to describe his interactions with Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (2000-2008 and 2012-2030), and his responses to decisions implemented by President Putin.
To date, the one word avoided is lie. President Trump has not shared that President Putin has lied to him. Disappointed, yes. Angered, yes. Crazy, yes. Say something and then do something else, yes. But, thus far, not lied. The moment may have arrived where President Trump needs to address and test directly if President Putin has lied to him.
If the optic is bursting with precedents and more upside than downside, then The White House should embrace the opportunity. This optic meets that threshold, and then some.
Even by Trumpian standards, this would Trump all others.
Once satisfied with the outcome (status) of the State of Israel-United States-Iran War (also described as a conflict and military operation), and content with the trajectory of re-engagement with the government of the Republic of Cuba, the Trump-Vance Administration (2025-2029) might produce what would undeniably be world’s most anticipated political threesome.
In May 2026, President Trump visits the People’s Republic of China; in June 2026, President Trump participates in the G7 Leaders’ Summit in France; in July 2026, President Trump participates in the NATO Leaders’ Summit in Turkiye. The G7 and NATO gatherings will be festivals of grievances- a Trump-led Festivus (airing of grievances).
President Trump could use May 2026, June 2026, and July 2026 of bilateral and multilateral engagements to lay the groundwork (as property developers like to say).
The United States Department of Defense (War) is expected soon to deliver a Boeing 747-800KB aircraft for use by the president of the United States until 12:00 pm on 20 January 2029 when the title of the aircraft will be transferred to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation.
The State of Qatar donated the Boeing 747-800KB aircraft to the United States Department of Defense (War). The aircraft will have a “patriotic color scheme” and use call sign Air Force One when transporting the president of the United States. Until modifications are completed, President Trump has use of two Boeing 747-200B aircraft.
This may be a moment for President Trump to embrace his inner and outer “no one has seen anything like it before” and deploy a diplomatic “Hail Mary” representing his (and perhaps on behalf of others) a “best and final offer” to the government of the Russian Federation and government of Ukraine.
“[President] Zelensky proposes a meeting, and [President] Putin said that it is possible in Moscow. This remains our position.” Dimitry Peskov, Press Secretary for the President of the Russian Federation (February 2026)
The government of the Russian Federation continues to exhibit elasticity with its positions about face-to-face head of state to head of state conversations, discussions, and negotiations with the government of Ukraine. Time to assess that elasticity.
In September 2025, President Putin extended an invitation to Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine(2019-2024; term extended due to imposition of martial law in 2022).
“Again, Mr. President, thank you very much. And we'll speak to you very soon and probably see you again very soon. Next time in Moscow.” Vladimir Putin (August 2025)
“Oh, that's an interesting one. I’ll get a little heat on that one.” Donald Trump (August 2025)
· “Does it make sense to meet with the current administration [Zelensky]? We could do- I’ve never refused to do that if that leads to some positive outcomes… Donald [Trump] asked me if it was possible. I said, ‘Yes, it was possible.’ I said, ‘Let him come to Moscow.’” Vladimir Putin (September 2025)
“If you want no meeting, invite me to Moscow.” Volodymyr Zelensky (September 2025)
“We are doing the best we can to end the war. If you [European Union] think you can do it better, go ahead. We will step aside.” Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State (March 2026)
The United States Department of Defense (War) whose personnel maintain and operate aircraft used by the president of the United States and the United States Secret Service (USSS) responsible for the safety of the president of the United States, would likely request President Zelensky travel to a military base in Poland where he would board Air Force One and accompany President Trump to Moscow.
The primary issue is safety of the president of Ukraine while transiting the airspace of the Russian Federation and while on the ground in the capital, Moscow.
Security personnel responsible for protecting President Putin and President Zelensky and President Trump will want access to firearms. Which agents are armed. How many are armed. President Putin will fear assassination. President Zelensky will fear assassination. There will be the same concerns if President Putin and President Zelensky were to meet in a third country. The issue is addressing the rogue security agent with a handgun.
Can safety be guaranteed?Would the government of the Russian Federation sanction, or tolerate (through proxies or third parties), the assassination of the president of Ukraine while in the internationally-recognized territory of the Russian Federation? Would the outcome be advantageous to the government of the Russian Federation? An assassination or attempted assassination which might be performatively interrupted to demonstrate the capacity of the government of the Russian Federation to protect this head of state would neither result in a capitulation by or an unreplaceable decapitation of the government of Ukraine.
The result would be an acceleration by citizens of Ukraine, government of Ukraine, and governments in countries supporting Ukraine- along with new supporters, to increase commercial, economic, financial, military, political, and societal support to the government of Ukraine. For the government of the Russian Federation, the consequences would be severe with allies, cooperators, and importers shifting away from engagement across all spheres.
The assassination of a head of state invited to the internationally-recognized territory of the Russian Federation for conversations and negotiations with the head of state of the Russian Federation to end a war would result in additional sanctions, tariffs, and visa restrictions (all tourist travel visas cancelled), along with additional prohibitions and restrictions upon exports and imports. For the government of the Russian Federation, the question would then become focused upon how much inconvenience and suffering- the affordability question- of its citizens is worth the assassination, martyrdom, murder of an individual who would quickly be replaced- and having done so in the presence of the president of the United States?
For a sobering optic: Air Force One transporting the remains of the president of Ukraine from Moscow to Kyiv. The visuals worldwide would split screen to Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963 and then Washington DC on 25 November 1963. For the government of the Russian Federation, a potentially political extinction result.
Elasticity
The commercial, economic, and financial infrastructure of the Russian Federation continues to corrode, but is not collapsing. Absent support from third parties, meaning purchases of products and services, the government the Russian Federation would not have the resources required to maintain its political decisions relating to the Russian Federation-Ukraine War.
Political decisions by policymakers in the Kremlin are increasingly impacting negatively taxpayers and voters residing throughout the eleven time zones. How much unpleasantness will government decisions inflict upon consumers? Will consumers, taxpayers, and voters have political elasticity to sway political decisions? To date, the government of the Russian Federation maintains substantial elasticity- it can do what it wants absent accountability and pushback from taxpayers and voters that would result in a reversal of political decisions.
The commercial, economic, and financial infrastructure of Ukraine continues to corrode, but is not collapsing. Absent support from third parties, meaning deliveries of products and services, the government the Ukraine would not have the resources required to maintain its political decisions relating to the Russian Federation-Ukraine War. Absent third-party resources to the government of Ukraine, specifically sourced from some of the twenty-seven member countries of the Brussels, Belgium-based European Union (EU); from some of the thirty-two member countries of the Brussels, Belgium-based North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and from other countries, including the government of the United States in concert with NATO and separate from NATO, the government of Ukraine would be required to accept many, but not all demands from the government of the Russian Federation.
EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
NATO: United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Albania, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, Spain, Turkiye, Latvia, and North Macedonia, Sweden.
While simultaneously questioning the legitimacy of the government of Ukraine, the government of the Russian Federation continues conversations, discussions, and negotiations with the government of Ukraine. Delegations seated across from one another in the same room are significant. Agreements achieved. The Black Sea Grian Initiative, though limited in duration, was one. The exchange of military personnel continues. The return of children continues. For families, what agreements have been implemented are significant- for both countries. Military engagement continues unabated.
Few within the inner rings of decision-making since 24 February 2022, are surprised that the focus of Brussels, Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington DC has returned to the issue of real estate.
Absent control of real estate within the internationally-recognized territory of Ukraine, none of the objectives of the initially presented Special Military Operation (SMO) which has since been defined simultaneously as a war, are possible.
The “root causes” are impossible to address absent control of the real estate where the “root causes” are located. Otherwise, it is likened to a neighbor shouting over a fence. You can hear, but not much can be done other than making noise.
The Trump Deal
Out of sight and out of reach of public discourse, there continues to be a focus upon decreasing the distance, the physical distance, between what the government of the Russian Federation will accept in terms of the confines of its occupation of the internationally-recognized territory of Ukraine
Link: 11/30/25- Idea? Shift The Territorial Goalposts. Ukraine Oblast Boundaries Of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, And Zaporizhzhia Move Eastward To Line Of Contact
“The Americans are thinking of a territory swap, the Russians want us to withdraw. The swap isn't in our interest… I want to be clear: I will never leave Donbas and the 200,000 Ukrainians who live there. Why on earth should I do that? Because Putin imposes it as a condition for peace? And will he immediately impose new demands? No, I'm not having it.” Volodymyr Zelensky
“It's our territory [Sloviansk and Kramatorsk] and it sounds unbelievably strange why we have to withdraw from our land? Why they occupied it, our land and nobody can push them out. If we will withdraw from this territory, like you said, for example, Sloviansk at the very moment, at this very moment, 200,000 people who are there now will be occupied by the Russians, who said to Russia that these people are ready to be Russian people? And if they don't, they will kill them or push to the front or push to the prison.” Volodymyr Zelensky
“It depends what people mean when they say, to win. And, really it's very difficult to speak about territories. First of all how to get back all of the land for today, it's very difficult. And it will be too much losses (of) people lives… But what is good that Russia also can’t do it on the battlefield. So that's why they’re not winning and we are not losing.” Volodymyr Zelensky
“I disagree on this point, but that's how it is. We also have the protocol with the Europeans ready, but it's also unsigned. There are agreements on our reconstruction, but they can only begin after peace. But all this isn't enough.” Volodymyr Zelensky
Terms Are Negotiation Because They Have Consequences
No company, industry, or production sector needs the resources of the Russian Federation. While the internationally-recognized territory of the Russian Federation possesses substantial quantities of gas, oil, and minerals, and agricultural commodity exports are substantial, there exist other sources though perhaps at increased cost, distance, quality, and quantity. A shift may result in increased prices for importers, but there are options. The government of the Russian Federation must always balance what it wants with what it can obtain- and determine what quality of life its approximately 144 million citizens deserve, need, and want.
No United States company needs to export to the Russian Federation or import from the Russian Federation or provide services to the Russian Federation or purchase services from the Russian Federation. Access to the consumer market of approximately 144 million in the Russian Federation is desirable, keenly to some companies, but not required. Access to the government market in the Russian Federation is desirable, keenly desirable to some companies, but not required.
The governments of EU member countries, NATO member countries, and other countries have demonstrated their capacity to take decisions and implement decisions about engagement with the Russian Federation (commercially, economically, financially, militarily, politically, and societally) which have negatively impacted their taxpayers and voters through higher prices. Some EU member governments have continued since 24 February 2022 to permit citizens of Belarus and Russian Federation to obtain tourist visas- thus continuing, with limitations, spending.
Suggestions by officials of the government of the Russian Federation valuing commercial opportunities in the Russian Federation for United States companies at US$12 trillion sound orgasmic, but are not realistic.
“The U.S. side is linking the entire situation to the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine. We believe this is wrong and that it harms our interests- and not just ours, but also the interests of American companies.” Dimitry Peskov, Press Secretary for the President of the Russian Federation (March 2026)
“Russia holds the strongest position and possesses the most powerful resources. Everything will be done only on Russia’s terms.” Kirill Dmitriev, Special Envoy and Chief Executive Officer of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)
United States-based companies along with their counterparts on the European Continent, and significant tourism traffic will unlikely return to the internationally-recognized territory of the Russian Federation absent unrestricted access for their employees and unrestricted access for tourists the use of platforms including Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, Instagram, Meta, Microsoft, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Zoom among others along with unrestricted use of internationally-branded credit cards and charge cards including American Express, MasterCard, and Visa, and access to non-stop regularly-scheduled (not charter) airline flights to EU member countries and, secondarily, to the United States. Visitors will resist visiting a country where a requirement is to download an application or portal whose coding permits it to obtain and retain personal information. Visitors will resist visiting a country where if they need more money, there is no availability.
The government of the Russian Federation may retain its commercial terms, but consequences are constrained engagement and re-engagement for their consumers, taxpayers, travelers, and voters.
Sometimes, holding too firmly to desired commercial terms results in being alone at the negotiating table.
The Document(s)
Whatever document or series of documents may be executed relating to the Russian Federation-Ukraine War, the signatures on each page and the last page, along with their multiple language translated texts (likely English, French (a primary language for the New York, New York-based United Nations), Russian, Ukrainian), will include the current head of state of the Russian Federation or his successor, the current head of state of Ukraine or his successor, the current foreign minister of the Russian Federation or his successor, and the current foreign minister of Ukraine or his successor, and the current head of state of the United States or his successor.
Expect the multi-language document drafting process to need considerable time as each party to the signing will deploy teams of attorneys and translators to leave as no space or as little space as possible with how a word is defined in English, French, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Challenge
The challenge for the government of the Russian Federation is a maximalist perspective (“our terms”) and zero-sum perspective (we win, you lose) are not sustainable if a goal is to reinflate and expand global connectivity and influence absent coercion, conflict, divisiveness, and expense.
Zero-Sum: “one party’s gain is exactly balanced by another’s loss, resulting in a net change of zero. Total benefits are fixed, making it a win-lose scenario (e.g., poker, chess, or market share battles).”
This Was Then
“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine- of Ukraine- Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. He used the word ‘independent’ and ‘we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace.’ You gotta say that’s pretty savvy… I think nobody probably knows him better in terms of the discussions that we have or that we’re having this morning…. I knew that he always wanted Ukraine. I used to talk to him about it. I said, ‘You can’t do it. You’re not gonna do it.’ But I could see that he wanted it. I knew Putin very well. I got along with him great. He liked me. I liked him. I mean, you know, he’s a tough cookie, got a lot of the great charm and a lot of pride. But the way he- and he loves his country, you know? He loves his country. He’s acting a little differently, I think now.” Donald Trump (23 February 2022)
Mystery Vibe