Despite a recent blustering missive from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and top EU nation representatives, about being excluded from Trump administration discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Leaders regarding possible terms for ending the Ukraine conflict.

The unavoidable fact remains that the U.S. is the only country possessing necessary leadership and leverage to negotiate a mutually acceptable settlement.

Whereas Zelenskyy recently told Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren that Trump “has [to] make a deal, not with Putin, with us, and then pressure Putin. Because any negotiations without us, we will never accept because the war is in Ukraine, not somewhere [else],” he has nevertheless also told NBC News that without U.S. support, Ukraine has “a low chance to survive.”

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