By Anthony Marcus for Eurasia Business News, September 23, 2025. Article n°1802

The U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly shifted his stance today in New York and now says he believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia, marking a dramatic departure from his earlier calls for Kyiv to make concessions for peace. This comes after the Kremlin has made no proposals after the Alaska Summit held on August 15-16 on the initiative of President Trump, who seems now to have lost patience.

Trump’s New Position

Trump, after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the UN General Assembly today in New York, declared that with support from the European Union and NATO, Ukraine could restore its pre-war borders. He cited the weakening Russian economy, suggesting it has become a major vulnerability for Moscow and argued that “Russia is starting to look like a ‘paper tiger’” under military and economic pressure. Trump insisted ongoing Western support—especially financial and military assistance from Europe and NATO—would allow Ukraine to reclaim its lost territory, including potentially Crimea, which Russia has held since 2014.

Implications and International Reactions

This reversal is a significant swipe at Russia and could escalate tensions, since Trump had spent months attempting to broker a cease-fire, advocating for negotiations where Ukraine might give up territory to end the war. Trump’s new position puts additional diplomatic and economic pressure on Moscow, as he continues to urge the EU to stop buying Russian oil and seeks tougher sanctions against Russia. This statement may provoke strong reactions from the Kremlin and adds urgency to NATO consultations, particularly with recent Russian military provocations in Estonia and rising regional security concerns.

Trump seems to have lost patience after six months of negotiations in Saudi Arabia, talks in Turkey and in Moscow, and after the Alaska Summit held on August 15-16, where he hosted the Russian president Vladimir Putin, in spite of strong critics.

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Despite earlier peace efforts from Trump, direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine remain stalled, and Russian bombardments of Ukraine continue. The UN and humanitarian organizations highlight increasing civilian casualties and reports of abuses in territories occupied by Russian forces. Trump’s endorsement of Ukraine’s war aims is seen as a major win for Zelensky and serves as an open challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin, aligning the United States and its allies even more strongly with Kyiv’s goals.

On July 14, Trump said he was “unhappy with Russia” and that if there was no deal on Ukraine within 50 days, he would impose “very harsh tariffs” on Moscow. The same day, Trump agreed to sell NATO weapons to Kyiv, to suppy Ukrainian armed forces against Russia.

On July 28, he said that there was “no point” in waiting 50 days and he was setting a “new deadline” of 10-12 days. “I would like to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress,” he said at the time.

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Disappointment in the Russian position these days was also broadcast by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In an interview with Fox Radio, he said that Trump has been waiting for a settlement “for more than six months and has made every possible effort [to it]” and said that the United States will continue to engage with Russia “on Monday or Tuesday” (i.e. August 4 or 5). “We also had a whole conversation with them — not with Putin, but with some of Putin’s senior people — in the hope of reaching some understanding on the way forward that would lead to peace, but we don’t see any progress in that direction,” Marco Rubio said on July 31.

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