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>Who has the cards here?
Both sides have some cards.
The Russians are winning the war; and they've already secured most of the territory they want. But they've lost a lot of men and spent a lot of money to do it.
The United States could potentially ease Russia's economic isolation which would help their economy and help them pay for the cost of the war.
My suspicion is that Trump will propose something along the lines of making Donetsk and Luhansk into demilitarized Russian satellite states while recognizing Crimea as Russian territory. That would provide a buffer zone and let NATO save face since Donetsk would technically be independent rather than directly part of Russia. It would give the Russians the buffer zone they want between them and NATO, let them keep their black sea port at Sevastopol and give them some new business opportunities rebuilding Donetsk's oil industry.
