I don’t think the American people are dumb enough to believe that Trump could end the war in 24 hours. That’s a ludicrous claim.
I certainly don't believe it, but it amazes me the degree to which diplomatic efforts have not been attempted in this situation.
The Soviet Union, back in the day, invaded East Germany, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia to (A) put down rebellions against Soviet rule and (B) install new governments that would be satellites of Moscow. We condemned these actions, but we did not send troops, nor did we wage proxy wars against the Soviet Union. We considered this not to be in our national interest. It IS a fair question to ask why our current policy is in the American interest. I certainly think it's in America's interest not to simply let aggression against sovereign nations stand, but Russia is a nuclear power, and we respond against nations with nukes differently than we do against nations that don't. If that sounds crassly unfair, it's also reality and for good reasons. I question the lack of efforts to bring about some kind of negotiated settlement to this situation, and I consider that particular tack to be, at a minimum, unrealistic.
The other foolishness of not recognizing that Russia media, government, military, and pretty much all Society have called for literal genocide of ukraine. This statement is foolish is stacked upon foolishness. How foolish does one have to be to actually say this and believe it? Utter foolishness.
