EA on TVP World: Ukraine, Trump’s Ego, and the Nuclear Plant

Posted by Scott Lucas | Mar 22, 2025 | 0

A Russian soldier at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, August 4, 2022 (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

EA-Times Radio VideoCast: Trump Report — Education, Ukraine, and “Elbows Up” Canada

Can Ukraine manipulate Donald Trump’s ego — and his self-proclaimed “Art of the Deal” — to get a US security guarantee against Russia’s 37-month full-scale invasion?

I joined Poland’s TVP World on Friday to navigate the White House’s claim that Trump is seeking US ownership of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest with six reactors, in southern Ukraine.

I analyze the unpredictability of the Trump Administration’s approach, and what Kyiv, Europe, and others can do to ensure resistance of Russia if Trump sides with Vladimir Putin.

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView. He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

EA on TVP World: Ukraine, Trump’s Ego, and the Nuclear Plant

A Russian soldier at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, August 4, 2022 (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

Can Ukraine manipulate Donald Trump’s ego — and his self-proclaimed “Art of the Deal” — to get a US security guarantee against Russia’s 37-month full-scale invasion?

About The Author

Scott Lucas

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