Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Monday that President Donald Trump is pushing hard for Ukraine to accept a peace agreement with Russia by Thursday because the United States must turn its attention to a more immediate threat: Venezuela and the powerful drug cartels operating throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Holt told “Finnerty” that Ukraine is in no position to dictate the terms of an end to the war and that the criticism of Trump’s peace push ignores the realities on the ground.
“No, they never do,” Holt said when asked whether the losing side in a war sets the terms.
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