The Peace that Wasn't

The Failure of Trump’s “Easter Truce”

Nearly 100 days into the second Trump presidency and the war in Ukraine is still raging.

Having run on the promise to end the war in Ukraine “day one” after taking office, Donald Trump has failed to secure any meaningful progress towards a diplomatic settlement to the conflict. What we have seen over the past three months has been the needless extortion of our besieged ally, the rapid decline in relations between Europe and the United States, and the bizarre parroting of Russian talking points by senior members of the administration. Even the brazen attack on Palm Sunday church services in Sumy last week wasn’t enough to convince the administration to change course with regards to Russia.

If you’re subscribed to my Substack, I’m sure you know how I feel about all of this; I don’t need to tell you that this administration is a disaster and that the inability to secure a ceasefire is just one of a thousand failures from Donald Trump and his team. What I am especially bothered by, however,…