But Trump’s premature departure from the summit on Monday, citing Israel‘s war with Iran in the Middle East, upended those plans and Zelensky’s latest opportunity to plead his country’s case to the president, proving Zelensky’s challenge is not only Trump himself but his many competing priorities.
During last year’s campaign, Trump promised he would end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day back in office. Now, nearly 150 days into his second term, a White House official told the Washington Examiner that the president’s primary aim is unchanged.
“He wants to end the war,” the person said.
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Yet retaliatory strikes between Israel and Iran are the latest distraction for Trump from the Russia-Ukraine war, as he increasingly distances himself from the conflict, since a political
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