Don't Blame Trump If He Gives Up on Russia-Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump has taken a lot of heat for his diplomacy-first approach, particularly from those perfectly comfortable with having Zelensky dictate U.S. policy on the war.
50% : The only figure of major consequence who thought a settlement could be achieved was Donald Trump -- and even his optimism, on the campaign trail and then in office, was predicated less on the ability of the combatants to strike an honorable peace and more on his supposed magical powers of persuasion.
48% : As Rubio said before the May 16 session took place, the odds of success were slim: "I don't think anything productive is actually going to happen from this point forward, until [Trump and Putin] engage in a very frank and direct conversation, which I know President Trump is willing to do.
43% : Originally, Zelensky demanded an immediate 30-day truce before authorizing direct talks with Putin, only to change his approach after Trump, to the surprise of Kiev's European allies, called for direct talks right away.
41% : At this point one wonders if Trump should spend any more of his valuable time on striking a deal to end the war.
32% : And when Putin declared unilateral, short-term ceasefires to mark important dates on the Russian calendar, Zelensky viewed it all as a public relations gambit by the Kremlin to persuade Trump that it was Moscow, not Kiev, who most wanted peace.
24% : Meanwhile, Trump has browbeaten Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into participating in the U.S.-mediated process (something Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, refused to do) and the administration has even put a draft peace deal on the table for discussion.
15% : This is what Jimmy Carter did during the 1977-1978 Israel-Egypt peace negotiations, what Richard Holbrooke did at Dayton in 1995 to end the war in Bosnia, and what President Bill Clinton tried to do with Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat during the closing months of his presidency.

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