Why Trump, the “Peacemaker,” Can’t Secure Peace

In recent years, Donald Trump has frequently billed himself as a bringer of peace.  During 2023 and 2024, as he campaigned for re-election, he declared at least 53 times that he would end the Ukraine War within 24 hours of taking office or even before that.  Referring to peace for Ukraine before a gathering in Council Bluffs, Iowa in July 2023, he insisted:  “I’ll get that done within 24 hours.  Everyone says, ‘Oh, no, you can’t.’  Absolutely, I can.  Absolutely I can.”

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