Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon warned in an interview with Politico that Donald Trump risks failing with Ukraine and could be drawn even deeper into Vladimir Putin's military conflict, just as Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, suffered from attempts to withdraw.

The host of the influential War Room podcast advocates cutting off crucial US military aid to Kyiv, but fears his former boss will fall into a trap set by an alliance of the US defense industry, the Europeans and even some of Bannon's friends, who he believes are now misled. Among them is Keith Kellogg, whom Trump chose to serve as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia..

" This is what happened to Richard Nixon. He became the man in charge of this war, and it became his war, not Lyndon Johnson's [the 36th President of the United States],"

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Kellogg argues that any agreement aimed at ending the three-year war must contain strong security guarantees for Ukraine so that Russia cannot simply invade again. And Kellogg talked about maintaining American military aid to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a decent deal.

Despite his friendship with Kellogg, Bannon believes such delay will only increase the risk of the US being drawn into a war that he considers unwinnable and not in America's national interest..

Bannon also stressed that he is not a fan of the Russian leader.

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" He's a very bad guy. KGB are the bad guys.

But I lie awake at night worrying about Russian influence in Europe. They [Europeans] do not consider Russia a real threat. If they did, they would throw a lot more money and troops into the game,” added Trump’s former chief strategist..

After his inauguration, Trump promises changes in US domestic policy, as well as a new approach to world conflicts. How will this affect Ukraine — Read in Oleg Shamshur’s article “Trump is preparing “shock and awe”. At what cost can he end the war in Ukraine