Did Truman or Eisenhower ever personally attend the Korean peace negotiations?
How about Nixon and Ho Chi Minh? Nope, neither ever showed up at the Paris Peace talks. Negotiations were led by Kissinger and Le Duc Tho.
Zelensky foolishly painted himself into a corner with his silly law banning negotiations with Russia, which he now claims does not apply to him and only him (because he’s Special).
Putin offered “direct talks” between the two sides. That means representatives of each side meet without going through a third party. It does not mean heads of state meet face to face.
When President-elect Eisenhower visited South Korea in December 1952, he met with South Korea's president, Syngman Rhee, who urged an all-out assault on North Korea.
Eisenhower did not meet with either NoKos or Chinese representatives.
Negotiations for an armistice in Korea took two years and 17 days, including 158 meetings.
The armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.
It remains in effect today, over 70 years later.
CatHerd: "How about Nixon and Ho Chi Minh?
Nope, neither ever showed up at the Paris Peace talks.
Negotiations were led by Kissinger and Le Duc Tho."
Negotiations leading to the January 1973 "Paris Peace Accords" with North Vietnam took over five years.
The result was not "peace", but unilateral surrender by US forces and abandonment of our South Vietnamese allies, leading to their collapse under North Vietnamese assaults in April, 1975.
CatHerd: "Zelensky foolishly painted himself into a corner with his silly law banning negotiations with Russia, which he now claims does not apply to him and only him (because he’s Special)."
In October 2022, Ukraine's Pres. Zelensky issued a decree (similar to a US president's executive order) saying it was impossible to negotiate with Russia's Pres. Putin.
Zelensky's decree was intended to prevent other Ukrainians from negotiating with Russia.
Zelensky can interpret, modify or cancel his October 2022 decree at his own discretion.
CatHerd: "Putin offered “direct talks” between the two sides.
That means representatives of each side meet without going through a third party.
It does not mean heads of state meet face to face."
Right, Putin did not offer to meet with Zelensky, and Zelensky said he will only attend if Putin is there.
Pres. Trump has said he will attend if he can help the process, though it may be that Trump is sending Rubio in his place.
Bottom line: both Korea (1953) and Vietnam (1973) are examples of US "peace negotiations", both took years to conclude and neither was entirely satisfactory.
Indeed, the 1973 Paris Peace Accords amounted to outright US surrender.
I doubt if Pres. Trump intends to repeat either of those patterns in Ukraine.
I'm sure Trump expects face-to-face negotiations will speed up the process from years to weeks or months and perhaps produce results better than abject US surrender (Vietnam) or a war that officially continues to this day (Korea), over 70 years later.