A potential Trump-Xi-Putin summit to end the Ukraine war has sparked widespread concern due to the unprecedented geopolitical alignment of these three major powers.
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In just a few days’ time, U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be holding a three-way summit on the sidelines of next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Shenzhen, China. According to The Wall Street Journal, Putin floated the idea of a trialogue last month as an opportunity to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. No firm plan has yet been announced, but even the prospect of this meeting has provoked widespread consternation. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned against a repeat of the Yalta Conference of 1945, when U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill capitulated to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s push for the Soviet Union to dominate Eastern Europe. U.S. Senator Chris Coons wrote on X that “There can be no talks about Ukraine’s future without Ukraine at the table, and there can be no real negotiations as long as Trump signals weakness and servitude to Xi and Putin at every opportunity.”
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