Putin’s intransigence was not factored in. A lot of us thought this could be ended quickly so Trump was not deluded or anything.
Some of us knew Putin would not stop. And we said so.
Oh, and we were called out as Zeepers for saying so.
Everyone seems to ignore that London and Brussels have declared they will support the war in Ukraine indefinitely into the future. Didn’t Europe declare in March that they would issue $800 billion Euro “war bonds” to aid in that effort - national budget limits be damned?
And didn’t Ukraine just say to Germany - hey, since we are in this together, you should give us 30% of all your remaining tanks and artillery, and all your remaining Taurus missiles.
Sounds like there are many other parties still interested in war.
The narrative that “Vlad” just needs to accede to “Trump’s” demands, is simplistic and stupid.