“Trump does not see any advantage for the US to continue spending enormous budgets and political capital in Ukraine. If a deal with Russia and Ukraine cannot be reached, it is possible that Trump will push a ‘frozen conflict policy’ as a sort of damage control... In any case, will have to cover those costs. It will probably be the end of the EU,” Raffone speculated.

“European energy and technology dependency is a fact… Europe must find space for compromise to deal with not only the US, but also with Russia, China and the Middle East. The current ideological positions in the EU Commission, Paris and Berlin are not encouraging,” he said.

"It's not going to be resolved immediately," Rasmussen told Sputnik. "There's a lot of trust-building that's going to have to take place, because we basically left four years of destruction that actually has been going on for a while. But it really took a nosedive in the last four years."

"What you will see is a reduction in funding for Ukraine," Rasmussen said. "He'll also tell [Volodymyr] Zelensky he needs to get serious about negotiations and a realistic negotiation, not some pipe dream, a victory plan or whatever."

"I think for Europe it's going to be challenging, and a lot of European nations, I think, regret the visceral comments and accusations that were tossed out towards President Trump," Rasmussen said.

"Congratulations to President on his enormous win. A much needed victory for the World," he wrote on X.

"This is how he communicated with the wounded there. A man has got shrapnel, he can't walk. He'll say, 'I am going take you anyway.' That's the attitude," he told Sputnik.

“Social media is doing harm to our kids. ...And I want Australian parents and families to know that the government has your back."