[Old West Conservative]

So you’re saying sanctions and asset grabs will end the war in one day?

or what do you think Trump’s solution is to end the war in one day?

[Rockingham]

I think that what I have laid out would quickly end the Ukraine war on US terms. For that to literally be accomplished in one day is hard to credit, but Trump I am sure intends something like that even if he means one day as a figure of speech -- but not by much.

Listen carefully to Trump's account of his dealings with Mexico over immigration. The Mexican government capitulated as soon as they realized that Trump knew the country's weak points and was poised to apply inescapable pressure in the form of sanctions.

That is how many conflicts end, with one side quickly capitulating or agreeing to a settlement once the other side has figured out how to apply the right kind of pain and is serious about imposing it.