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Russia launched deadly strikes on Ukraine’s cities just as President Zelenskyy arrived for high-stakes talks with President Trump, a brutal reminder that Vladimir Putin plays by a different set of rules. These attacks killed and injured civilians and hit critical infrastructure, underlining the urgency of any serious peace negotiations. Americans want an end to senseless bloodshed, and we should back any effort that pursues a realistic peace rather than endless war and open-ended spending.
President Trump brought Zelenskyy to Mar-a-Lago to take a hard look at a proposed 20-point peace plan and to force clarity on what Kyiv is willing to accept in exchange for an end to hostilities. The meeting reflects a leader willing to use the leverage of the United States to lock in security guarantees and test whether Ukraine truly wants an achievable peace. This is what leadership looks like: confronting hard choices so American blood and treasure aren’t poured down a bottomless pit.
Reports say Russia intensified its bombardment with waves of missiles and drones, causing widespread damage across Kyiv and other regions just ahead of the talks, as if Moscow wanted to sabotage any chance of a deal. That kind of cynical timing is exactly what the world has come to expect from Putin — he rattles the cages when negotiations get serious and hopes chaos will give him leverage. If the West keeps reacting with moral posturing instead of real pressure and smart diplomacy, Moscow wins by default.
Allies on the ground are blunt about what these strikes represent: a taunt and a test of Western resolve. Polish and other European officials have openly accused Moscow of mocking diplomatic gestures by escalating attacks on civilians, underscoring that Putin’s strategy is humiliation as much as conquest. The American people deserve a strategy that protects lives and asserts U.S. interests, not ceremonial photo-ops that let dictators set the terms of engagement.
President Trump’s blunt negotiating style has alarmed the coastal elites and left-leaning press, but tough talk and firm bargaining are sometimes the only way to shake concessions out of bad actors. Past encounters have shown that Trump doesn’t shy away from calling it like he sees it, and world leaders recalibrate their approaches when they know America means business. If that upsets the swamp, so be it; the priority must be peace that’s enforceable, not virtue signaling that prolongs slaughter.
Patriots should demand clarity from their leaders: what guarantees will end the shooting, who will enforce them, and how will innocent Americans be spared further costly entanglements? We cannot be satisfied with band-aid measures or open-ended commitments that leave our sons and daughters footing the bill for an unending foreign conflict. It’s time Washington stopped elevating appearances over accountability and started delivering results for both Ukraine and the American people.
The media and the political class will scream that any deal less than maximalist is betrayal, but real peace requires trade-offs and muscles, not lectures. Support our commander-in-chief when he pursues a genuine path to end the bloodshed and bring stability to Europe, while holding adversaries to hard guarantees. Hard-headed diplomacy, backed by American strength and common-sense priorities, is what will protect freedom and keep America first.
