Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that the White House is working on scheduling a trilateral meeting among Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This is good news. NY Post Editorial Page Editor Mark Cunningham shares this story.
Trump obviously is frustrated with the situation in Ukraine, a war he’s saddened by and wants desperately to end.
Early in his term, he took out that frustration on Zelensky, culminating in that Oval Office UFC match.
But then the president rightly noted that Putin was “tapping us along” — that the dictator offered smiles and compliments, then targeted civilians with missiles and drones.
Relations between Ukraine and Trump improved. Ukraine signed an agreement with the US to set up a reconstruction investment fund, and Europe agreed to pay for US weapons on behalf of the country. Trump gave Putin 50 days to come to the table, then shortened the deadline to this past Friday when the bombardment didn’t stop.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/08/10/opinion/a-trump-putin-peace-deal-would-mean-nothing-without-ukraine-at-the-table/
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