Former military general… National security work in the first term
On the 27th (local time), U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Vice President National Security Advisor Keith Kellogg, a former military general, as a special envoy in charge of ending the war in Ukraine. President-elect Trump’s selection of Kellogg, a close associate, as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia is seen as an appointment aimed at ending the war in Ukraine early.
Keith Kellogg. AFP Yonhap News
On this day, President-elect Trump said on TruthSocial, a social networking service (SNS) he founded, “I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg as the President’s advisor and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.” “Keith has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the military and industry, including working in the highly sensitive national security sector during my first administration,” he said. “Together, we will achieve ‘peace through strength’ and make America and the world safe again.” “He emphasized.
Kellogg, a retired Army lieutenant general and former Vietnam War veteran, served as the director of the American Security Center at the America First Institute (AFPI), a pro-Trump think tank, after the first Trump administration. He served as a policy advisor to President-elect Trump and advised foreign officials of President-elect Trump’s position. It played a role in explaining the security policy of
Kellogg has expressed the opinion that support for Ukraine is a huge financial burden on the United States and that negotiations to end the war should begin quickly. In an interview with Reuters last June, he emphasized that if Trump wins the presidential election, it is important to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table as soon as possible. He said, “I will tell Ukraine that there will be no support from the United States if it does not come to the negotiating table, and I will tell Putin that if he does not come to negotiations, the United States will provide Ukraine with everything necessary for the war.”
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