Trump advisers ‘pitch ideas’ as Ukraine peace plan materializes, and all proposals exclude NATO membership — Reuters
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s key advisers have developed three competing proposals to end the Ukraine war, sources told Reuters. As of last week, “Trump had yet to convene a central working group to flesh out a peace plan,” leaving members of his team to “pitch ideas among themselves” publicly and sometimes directly to the president-elect, according to Reuters.
The preliminary peace plans come from three key advisers: Trump's incoming Russia-Ukraine envoy, retired Army Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, Vice President-elect JD Vance, and Richard Grenell, Trump's former acting intelligence chief.
The proposals all urge “taking NATO membership for Ukraine off the table” but endorse different solutions on the battlefield. Reuters reports that Kellogg’s plan calls for freezing the current lines, Vance’s plan would create a “heavily fortified” demilitarized zone at the existing front lines, and Grenell’s plan advocates the creation of “autonomous zones” in eastern Ukraine.
To force the two sides into talks, Trump’s advisers suggest threatening to halt U.S. military aid to Ukraine if Kyiv refuses to negotiate and to boost assistance if Moscow refuses.