What Trump must get from a peace deal in Ukraine

Everyone wants the war in Ukraine to end. President Donald Trump has made that his goal from Day One. But ending the fighting and protecting American interests are different things. Recent developments made that clear.

On Oct. 9, Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, allowing it to reach American and global markets and help stabilize prices. A U.S. official said the move followed repeated requests from Washington for Kyiv to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, which Kyiv had ignored. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the deal “not fair and not honest.” Trump responded: “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal. … I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president.”