President Donald Trump is making a last-ditch effort to secure a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia as pollsters and supporters alike increasingly urge him to prioritize domestic issues or risk a midterm rout.
Trump promised in 2023 to end the Ukraine War within 24 hours of returning to the White House, though that self-imposed deadline has long come and gone. He has since pitched multiple peace proposals that failed to gain traction and has also met with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
None of those meetings resulted in mutual agreement to a basic framework and both NATO membership for Ukraine and territorial concessions remain key sticking points. Trump’s proposals have floated myriad arrangements, including various partitions of territory, the possibility of a demilitarized zone and a foreign peacekeeping coalition.
