{"id":9460,"date":"2025-04-24T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9460"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:08:57","slug":"former-nato-commander-goes-on-cnn-to-mock-trumps-plea-to-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/foreign-affairs\/former-nato-commander-goes-on-cnn-to-mock-trumps-plea-to-putin\/phouck\/2025\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NATO Commander Goes On CNN To Mock Trump\u2019s Plea To Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Retired U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, took a swipe at President Donald Trump\u2019s Truth Social message to Vladimir Putin, calling the public plea unlikely to influence Russian military behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark\u2019s comments came during a Thursday appearance on CNN\u2019s &#8220;Situation Room,&#8221; shortly after Trump had posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cI am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Let\u2019s get the Peace Deal DONE!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDo you think a post from President Trump on social media will actually wind up stopping Putin from launching more attacks on civilians, like in Kyiv, for example, where civilian men, women and children were just killed in big numbers?\u201d asked CNN&#8217;s Wolf Blitzer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark replied bluntly: \u201cWell, I think it would be very surprising if President Trump\u2019s tweet would have any real impact on President Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The retired Army officer argued that Putin sees a strategic opening, particularly as the U.S. appears to be retreating from some of its longstanding commitments in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/former-nato-supreme-allied-commander-mocks-trumps-vladimir-stop-message-to-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mediaite further reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cSo this is a moment for Putin, really. It\u2019s what he\u2019s been waiting for,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis gives him a clear field to bring pressure to bear against Ukrainian population like this missile strike, and also to go to his allies, China, North Korea, and Iran, and say, \u2018Give me more, give me more. This is the moment we can go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe know there are exercises being prepared for this summer in Belarus. Rumors of brigades being ready to attack from Belarus into Kaliningrad to open that gate. This is a really perilous time for Europe. And it\u2019s the opposite time to be pulling back,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhat President Trump should be saying is, \u2018Since you did this, I\u2019m reinforcing U.S. Military assistance to Kyiv, and you can forget about it. We\u2019re going to stay with it until you realize you\u2019re not going to win militarily,&#8217;\u201d Clark advised Trump. That\u2019s what it\u2019s going to take to bring peace to Ukraine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trump had pledged to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/trump\/never-mind-trump-claimed-hed-end-the-ukraine-war-in-24-hours-now-he-says-ask-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">end the Russian invasion of Ukraine within 24 hours<\/a>&nbsp;of being elected, but he and his diplomatic team have thus far found it difficult to broker a peace agreement with Russia and Ukraine, going so far as to suggest they will give up any efforts recently.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/politics\/trump-doj-presses-supreme-court-to-reinstate-military-standards-enforce-transgender-troop-ban\/phouck\/2025\/04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump Pushes To Revive Sweeping Ban \u2013 Supreme Court Now Involved<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, took a swipe at President Donald Trump\u2019s Truth Social message to Vladimir Putin, calling the public plea unlikely to influence Russian military behavior. Clark\u2019s comments came during a Thursday appearance on CNN\u2019s &#8220;Situation Room,&#8221; shortly after Trump had posted: \u201cI am not happy with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1346,1348,29],"tags":[47,8,334,1046,1701,1702,478,1703,755],"class_list":["post-9460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-affairs","category-government","category-politics","tag-cnn","tag-donald-trump","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-nato","tag-russo-ukrainian-war","tag-u-s-army","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-wesley-clark","tag-wolf-blitzer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former NATO Commander Goes On CNN To Mock Trump\u2019s Plea To Putin - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/former-nato-commander-goes-on-cnn-to-mock-trumps-plea-to-putin\/phouck\/2025\/04\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former NATO Commander Goes On CNN To Mock Trump\u2019s Plea To Putin - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Retired U.S. Gen. 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