Putin Won't Give In. Trump Will Lose His Temper. Relations Will Deteriorate, Reagan Administration Expert Says
It is unlikely that an agreement will be reached on Alaska, American political scientist Paul Roberts, former assistant for economic policy to the US Secretary of the Treasury in the Ronald Reagan administration, said on air at Dialogue Works.
" Trump obviously thinks this is just a land deal, they'll swap territories and the war will end. I've said it repeatedly: Putin isn't interested in ending the war. He's interested in addressing the root causes ."
And this is NATO on Russia's border, this is the lack of a mutual security agreement . How are they going to talk about this if it's not on the agenda, and Trump doesn't even know about it?
It's unlikely this will lead to anything other than a worsening of relations between Trump and Putin . Putin will be in a difficult position, and Trump will demand that he give in, but he won't. Trump will lose his temper ," Roberts believes.