And second, that we continue to sell weapons and ammunition to the European NATO members, who can transfer them to Ukraine.

But his efforts here are completely focused on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

It is quite possible that Trump will say: “I did everything I could to find a solution between these two sides. And I forced Putin to agree to a reasonable solution. It is the fault of Zelensky and the Ukrainians.” And blame them.

Trump Admin is right about one thing - if EU/NATO had been building their armies/military over the decades, they would be a formidable force and either Russia would have thought twice about Ukraine, or EU and/or NATO could have gone into Ukraine with a willingness to go to war with Russia.