Franco Ordonez

I think this is definitely something he still wants to resolve.

He still wants to, like, fulfill, you know, his campaign promise, though very, very late.

That said, the details are very, very light.

You just got to wonder how long this administration is willing to kind of dedicate to this issue.

Clearly, Russia is not doing what Trump wants to do.

And Trump has been trying to put some pressure on Russia, put more pressure on

Ukraine and kind of going back and forth and kind of this wish washy way.

But as Greg was kind of pointing out, it's just kind of things don't seem to be moving forward, not only on the ground in the war, but also in kind of like the diplomatic point, or at least it doesn't seem like you're not seeing much progress.

I mean, I would say there is kind of like a both and in this case.

I mean, absolutely, Trump is trying to push some of the leadership, the money, the resources over to Europe.

We hear it all the time, Trump saying that Europe is closer.

The U.S.

has an ocean between this conflict.

Europe needs to do more.

At the same time, when I talk to international observers, it's hard to see any type of negotiation making any type of progress without Trump.

I mean, there was no discussions with Putin during the Biden years.

Those opened up during the Trump years.

Now, obviously, you can debate about how effective they have been, if at all.

But the conversations are going.

There are conversations happening.