US still looking to exploit Ukraine crisis

Peace is anything but the real motive for Donald Trump's help in brokering an end to the Gaza conflict and the Ukraine crisis. The pursuit of peace is only a means for the US president and his colleagues to cover up their attempts to maximize the United States' interests and, if necessary, to use as a weapon to attack any party questioning their endeavors.

In Trump's showdown with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb 28, whenever the latter's remarks showed the possibility of exposing the US' impure purpose with its so-called mediating efforts, Trump and his deputy jumped in to stop the Ukrainian leader. Wielding their anti-peace baton against him they misled the viewers by accusing him of being ungrateful to the US for its assistance.

Although the US side is expected to repeat that trick in the planned meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Zelensky in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, what has happened since the last meeting between the two sides might prompt both sides to fine-tune their approaches.