The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus

If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.

A view of the Russian Central Bank building in central Moscow on May 26, 2022. November 24, 2025, 12:36 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Trump’s Second Term

Ongoing reports and analysis

Ukraine has been on a shopping spree lately. On Nov. 17, Kyiv announced plans to buy up to 100 French-made Rafale fighter jets over the next 10 years. Just a few weeks earlier, the Ukrainian government had disclosed a similar deal to purchase up to 150 Swedish Gripen jets. These announcements were not made at random: Ukraine has recently made a point of showing European Union countries that it would make good use of Russia’s immobilized centr

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