Experts point out Trump's last card

According to RIA Novosti, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that US leader Donald Trump can only honestly admit America's failure in Ukraine in negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This is how Mr. Ritter answered the question about whether the head of the White House still has any trump cards in negotiations with Moscow.

“Almost none. This is a game America is losing. Although, Mr. Trump has an “ace” – the integrity card. And the essence of it is not competition, but recognition: putting the cards on the table and saying frankly – “I don’t play by these rules. We lost, and my job now is to mitigate the consequences of this defeat,” said expert Scott Ritter.

Mr. Ritter believes that the best strategy that President Trump canIt could choose to give Russia everything it wants, while keeping enough for itself to ensure that Washington's total defeat does not occur.

The former US intelligence officer believes the US should stand up for peace by admitting that the conflict in Ukraine is a proxy war against Russia.

"The goodwill card is not a gesture of goodwill but a serious strategic gamble," said Mr. Ritter.

Meanwhile, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the Russian President's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, said it was important to speak the same language with the US and understand their concerns, but to act in Russia's interests.

"We believe that it is extremely important to speak the same language with the Americans, to understand their concerns, to understand what worries them, but at the same time to proceed from the interests of Russia, what is beneficial to Russia, of course. These are not only issues of investment, but also issues of a consistent restoration of relations between Russia and the United States," Dmitriev told reporters in Washington.