‘The Only One Who Can Do It’: Keith Kellogg Explains Trump’s Move Against Putin That He Says Could End The War

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who is President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, appeared Thursday on Newsmax to discuss the president’s economic strategy, which Kellogg says could bring an end to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

During an appearance on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Kellogg said Trump’s economic strategy involves manipulating the global oil market to weaken Russia’s economy. This strategy, Kellogg said, is one possible outcome of Trump meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower last year.

“Where the president came from, it was different. He said the carnage needs to stop,” Kellogg said.

“But where he pivoted to, which I think is very, very smart, he pivoted to economics. When he talked about, for example, at Davos, when he talked about the price of oil, if you drop the price of oil, say, $45 a barrel, that’s kind of a break-even point. You get there, and you really do hurt the Russian economy.”

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Kellogg said this tactic not only seeks to debilitate Russia economically, but it also steers away from further bloodshed and towards economic negotiations.

“So when you look at the sanctions, the sanctions that have been put on Russia, and when you look at the price of oil, that can really start to hurt them economically,” Kellogg said. “And that’s really where you need to start thinking about it, because you’re not going to kill your way out of this war, Greta, you’re just not. It’s going to have to be something other than killing. And that’s where the economic piece starts to come into play.”