A lot of effort over the past couple of weeks has seen President Donald Trump meeting with Vladimir Putin and separately with a distinguished group of European leaders.

But Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, was not included in these meetings.

What a waste of time!

Putin has been clear from the start that he intends to reconstruct the Russian Empire with himself as head. He has violated every treaty to attack Ukraine.

Zelenskyy has declared that he will never voluntarily cede any part of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Constitution states that Ukrainian territory is indivisible. Also, Zelenskyy knows that any cease fire or treaty would only enable Russia to re-arm and attack later.

Trump and Europe could starve Ukraine of weapons so Russia can over-run them. But that would throw Europe back to the pre-World War 2 regime of imperialist aggression. Everyone knows that the war would end if Putin decided to end it. The Europeans would be cutting off their nose to spite their face if they abandon Ukraine.

Trump could say "America First" and back out.

That would be an invitation for China to invade Taiwan.

Meanwhile, Trump is angling for a Nobel Peace Prize to stroke his own ego.

Truly bizarre.
Wendy