In other words, Trump, Vance, and Trump ally Elon Musk, who suggested something similar in late 2022, think that Ukraine shouldn't join NATO, both to avoid dragging the West into World War 3, and to avoid upsetting Putin, who's long been opposed to Ukraine joining NATO, and leaving Russia's so-called sphere of influence.
換句話說,特朗普、萬斯和特朗普的盟友埃隆-馬斯克(他曾在 2022 年末提出過類似建議)都認為烏克蘭不應該加入北約,一是為了避免將西方拖入第三次世界大戰,二是為了避免惹惱普京,因為普京長期以來一直反對烏克蘭加入北約,離開俄羅斯所謂的勢力範圍。