British media: Trump's peace efforts face bankruptcy

On March 19, the Financial Times said that Trump "whitewashed the peace" in a phone call with Russian President Putin, saying that a "peace contract" to end the conflict in Ukraine was being worked out, and the "process" of solving the problem was "in full swing". But such an assessment clearly contradicts the fact that he had failed to reach his goal a few hours earlier. Putin rejected a comprehensive ceasefire agreement endorsed by both the United States and Ukraine, agreeing only to a limited ceasefire on attacks on energy and infrastructure assets. This suggests that it will be difficult for Trump to translate his vision of a quick peace in Ukraine into a workable deal acceptable to both Moscow and Kyiv. The phone call between the U.S. and Russian leaders also came after a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, brokered in January by Trump's allies and former Biden administration officials, also broke down. Even before the resumption of conflict in Gaza, the United States launched airstrikes against targets of Yemen's Houthis and issued a series of warnings to the group's supporters in Iran. "Trump will not be able to reconcile his self-image as a great negotiator with the grim reality of these conflicts," said Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ”