Imagine the president of the United States is Reagan, not Trump. It's like he's negotiating with the Russians.
I bet Reagon would send 2 messages to the Russians:
1) The Russians are to cease the war immediately. If they do not, the US will strengthen sanctions and force them to respect them by India, China, etc. They will send Ukraine 10 times as much military support as possible. So that Ukraine would rapidly destruct the Russian army.
If the Russians break the truce, look higher.
Plus the criminal strikes of rockets or U.S. aviation at targets in Russia as a threat.
2. preliminary area conditions:
(a) the surrender of Ukraine to all lands seized by the Kremlin, including Crimea,
(b) payment of compensation to Ukraine by Russia,
(c) surrender to the Court of Russian war criminals,
(d) Ukraine's accession to NATO,
(e) withdrawal of Russian troops from Königligz and Belarus.
And what Trump did. Before the negotiations, he agreed to Putin's main demands. So he showed weakness.
The Reagon is falling in the grave.
Also, erstwhile the Russians attacked the civilian population of Ukraine late showed the planet that they were making a Trump balloon what did he do? He criticized Ukraine.
Trump puts force on Ukraine to give up: he abruptly suspends aid, disconnects from intelligence data, disables part of weapons, etc. He puts force on the weaker and the best of the Russians. For free.
And what force does Trump put on Russia to halt attacking Ukraine and committing crimes against humanity?
The Russians realize and respect only strength. erstwhile individual steps down, it shows them weakness, and according to the Russians, the weak do not respect and attack.
The Russian diplomacy school is that:
1) You always make maximum demands at the beginning. Requests don't apply. You let others to offer to react, criticize, etc.,
2) You never back down and you don't quit - compromise or compromise is simply a loss,
3) during the negotiations, you multiply the demands to the maximum,
4) if you have the advantage, you extend negotiations due to the fact that that gives you time to implement point 3)
5) Always search the weakness of your opponent (according to the Russians in the negotiations are only victorious and losers. Compromise is besides a loser) and usage it mercilessly,
6) The Russians like to break up negotiations into stages and at all phase make an advantage (although they know as much about shore conditions as possible),
7) The Russians, feeling the advantage, will push as much as they can. The Russians, feeling that the another side is stronger, will not hesitate to turn back,
8) The Russians are negotiating to win. Compromise or retreat is simply a loss. And you can only lose to individual stronger and more ruthless,
9) The Russians are intelligent, flexible, they plan a lot ahead and they can adapt. It's about effectiveness. If something's stupid but it works, it's not stupid,
10) Without perseverance and cunning, you have no chance. Do not let go at any time. They seldom close negotiations at the first meeting. They're usually like a wooden cupcake. You beat one, you open it, and there's another 1 sitting there, and he bites the crap out of it. And if he catches it, he won't let go.
11) They're ruthless. They will take advantage of any advantage, method, fraud, etc. They have 1 goal, maximum win. The end justifies the methods,
12) The Russians are ready to break any deal.
Most important: the Russians realize only 1 thing - the Force.
The art of negotiations in the West is different. Compromise, honor and contract observance are valued. Sometimes hard, but Russia is simply a different state of mind.
