Trump Ally Reveals President’s Surprising ‘Number One Priority’

An ally of Donald Trump has claimed the president’s number one priority is resolving the Ukraine–Russia war.

If accurate, the remark will dampen threats from the White House that the whole administration could walk away from the negotiation process unless Ukraine complies.

Trump’s leaked 28-point plan required major capitulation from the beleaguered country – including rewarding Russia’s aggression with yet more of Ukraine’s land.

That’s why European allies have been trying to water down the US proposals, to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty, without causing too much frustration in the States and pushing the president away.

In a boost to the peace process, Trump’s friend, journalist Chris Ruddy, has revealed that the president is determined to resolve this war.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Ruddy said: “His number one priority – he may not say this publicly, but I believe it’s true – is solving the Ukraine-Russia war.

“He’s trying overtime to do that. He has an approach that not everybody likes, but he thinks it’s worth a try, which is to be nice to Putin.

“I’m not sure personally it’s going to work, I think a tougher approach would probably be better, but I do think that he’s had tremendous success in a number of peace agreements around the world.”

“I think we give him a shot,” he added.

Before starting his second term in January, Trump promised to resolve the war within his first 24 hours back in the Oval Office.

But, almost a year later, the conflict remains a major thorn in the president’s side, especially as he continues to angle for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump also claims to have already ended eight wars since his re-election, even though many of those peace agreements look shaky.

Ruddy also acknowledged that Trump “has his own foreign policy approach” which goes against “the traditional Republican party approach.”

He said: “We saw his National Security document, he seemed to demote Europe as an important ally, he seems to have raised Russia as a potentially good ally, Israel is barely mentioned in the document, China is seen as a real potential threat, and there’s real claims that Latin America is America’s back yard.”