State Dept Slaps Down Claims Trump Peace Plan ‘Written in Moscow’

The State Department moved sharply on Saturday to shut down growing claims from U.S. senators that President Trump’s controversial 28-point Ukraine peace plan originated in Russia rather than Washington. The pushback came after PBS NewsHour’s Nick Schifrin reported comments from Sens. Mike Rounds and Angus King suggesting Secretary of State Marco Rubio had told them the plan was “received” from an intermediary and amounted to “the Russian wish list.”

 

Rubio swiftly denied that interpretation, saying on X that the proposal “was authored by the U.S.,” though he acknowledged it includes input from both Kyiv and Moscow. State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott blasted the allegation that the plan wasn’t the administration’s own as “blatantly false,” insisting the framework reflects U.S. policy and ongoing diplomatic engagement with both parties.

 

The proposal itself was assembled by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian sovereign-wealth boss Kirill Dmitriev, a close Putin ally — a detail that has fuelled suspicion among lawmakers and Ukraine’s supporters. According to Axios, only a handful of senior Ukrainian officials were briefed prior to the leak, leaving many in Congress blindsided.

 

Republican hawks have condemned the draft as dangerously pro-Kremlin. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. Roger Wicker argue it would “reward Putin” by recognising de facto Russian control of Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk — with no major concessions required from Moscow beyond funnelling $100 billion in frozen Russian assets toward Ukraine’s reconstruction. Former national security adviser John Bolton said Russia “couldn’t have written a better treaty themselves,” calling it a sellout of Ukraine.

 

Vice President Vance, however, is defending the plan, accusing critics of living in a “fantasy land” and misrepresenting the framework.

Officials from Ukraine, the U.S. and European partners meet in Switzerland on Sunday for deeper negotiations on the proposal, even as political backlash in Washington intensifies.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• State Department insists the Trump peace plan was authored by the U.S., not Moscow.

• Lawmakers across parties accuse the draft of mirroring Russian demands and undermining Ukraine.

• High-level talks in Switzerland aim to salvage the plan amid heavy domestic and allied criticism.

 

SOURCE: THE HILL

 

 

 

If not in Moscow, then somewhere else in Russia!

So much for it being written by Putin.  Or else the US National Security Advisor and US Secretary of State doesn't know what is happening regarding US foreign policy. 
 

 

There was a time when the State Department didn’t have to issue statements that Russia was writing US foreign policy.

Elections have consequences.

 

 

Which of these 2 fellows would you prefer to have written the plan?  

 

If DT were just a little bit book saavy his pet name for Rubio would be Renfield.

 

I would have preferred the so-called "Peace Plan" to have at the very minimum, to have been with the consultation of the Ukraine, and preferredly written with the VICTIM country in mind, and ensuring that the aggressor invading country, Russia, is given the bill for reparations.

 

This is probably a good reason why I was never a member of the diplomatic corps.

 

The US defence industry is reaping large profits selling arms and ammunition to the NATO countries who replenish their own supplies and then donate their older stocks to the Ukraine for its own defence.