Trump appoints retired general who warned that the world is on the 'precipice of WWIII' to be special envoy to Russia and Ukraine

President-elect Donald Trump connected Wednesday announced helium was nominating Gen. Keith Kellogg arsenic peculiar envoy to Ukraine and Russia.

Kellogg, a retired Army lieutenant wide who has agelong been a cardinal advisor to Trump, was Vice President Mike Pence's nationalist information advisor during the erstwhile administration.

Trump announced the assignment connected his Truth Social platform.  

'He was with maine close from the beginning!' helium wrote, utilizing his unsocial marque of capitalization to marque the point.

'Together, we volition unafraid PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!'

Kellogg volition instrumentality up his relation arsenic the Russian warfare successful Ukraine marks its 3rd day adjacent year.

He has been an outspoken professional of the billions of dollars successful arms and ammunition sent by the Biden medication to Ukraine.

And past week helium warned that the struggle could spiral retired of power aft President Joe Biden's determination to let Ukraine to occurrence long-range missiles into Russian territory.

'I don't deliberation World War Three has begun, but we're close connected the precipice,' helium told Fox News. 

'What I mean by that is, erstwhile you look astatine what's happening ... with an confederation that President Trump kept apart. You know, helium had North Korea implicit here, helium had China implicit here, helium had Iran present and Russia implicit here.

'What you've seen present is they've each joined. You've got an axis together, and they're feeding disconnected 1 another.'

The president elite has repeatedly claimed to beryllium capable to extremity the warfare successful 24 hours, triggering speculation that helium is readying to property Ukraine to negociate with Russia, giving up onshore that Moscow present occupies.

Kellogg developed a program on akin lines for the America First Policy Institute, a radical that formulated a argumentation blueprint and staffing lists for a caller Trump administration.

It would impact telling Kyiv it would nary longer person U.S. weapons unless it entered talks. At the aforesaid time, Moscow would beryllium told to expect accrued enactment to Kyiv it failed to spell on with negotiations.

Trump has moved rapidly to circular retired Cabinet appointments and different elder posts since winning the election.