UNDERMINING TRUMP IN UKRAINE. President Donald Trump is moving quickly with his plan to end the war in Ukraine. What, exactly, that plan involves is still not publicly known. But given the current status of the conflict, along with what Trump and others have said about it, the short version is that it appears likely Russia will keep some of the territory, roughly 20% of the country, that it seized after invading Ukraine three years ago, Ukraine will reclaim some of the territory it lost, there will be some provisions designed to prevent future conflicts, and the fighting will end.

Many Democrats, along with their activist and media allies, and some Republicans too, would like to stop Trump. But the president has a broad constitutional authority to conduct foreign affairs. That, of course, hasn’t kept the opposition from trying.