Nobody understands the “4D chess” President Donald Trump is playing against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin as he works to secure an end to the country’s war with Russia, Glenn Beck asserted Monday.
From his YouTube channel, the Blaze TV founder wielded a dry-erase marker as he laid out what he believes to be Trump’s bold strategy to secure favorable terms while bringing an end to the two-and-a-half-year conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
“This guy is a genius,” Beck said confidently.
Much of the handwringing over Trump’s terms is based on anticipation that Russia will feel emboldened by capturing parts of eastern Ukraine and carry on with future invasions across Europe. But by all measures, Russian president Vladimir Putin “lost the war,” Beck said.
“If you can’t beat Ukraine” without help from NATO, he said incredulously, “you think you’re going to beat Poland? That’s ridiculous.”
Under Trump’s plan, however, Putin could preserve the appearance of victory, ostensibly appeasing him personally and politically back home, where he is contending with a discontent population seething after 500,000 casualties.
Ukraine would see peace by striking a deal with Trump to offer the U.S. exclusive rights to its stash of rare minerals, a