Trump said he'd quickly end Russia's war on Ukraine. But it's harder than he thought.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : The leaders met in Helsinki the first time Trump was in office.
63% : He'd like to have peace, but it takes two to tango," Trump told USA TODAY during an impromptu news conference.
53% : And will he respect EU institutions?"
48% : Zelenskyy has said he planned to meet with Trump after the inauguration although it was not clear when.
47% : Trump will be in the same situation as he was, Zelenskyy said, unless the U.S. offers serious security guarantees to Ukraine.
44% : "That's a tough one, much tougher than it would have been before it started, I can tell you that," Trump told reporters at a Jan. 7 news conference at Mar-a-Lago.
43% : Trump repeatedly pledged to quickly end the bloodshed when he was a candidate, claiming at various points that he'd do it as president-elect or within 24 hours of arriving at the White House.
43% : "I would expect President Trump to say, look, Vladimir Putin, if you don't come to the table and do so quickly, the sanctions are gonna be pretty significant and devastating," O'Brien said.
39% : I mean, he's grinding it out, but most people thought that war would've been over in about one week and now you're into three years," Trump told reporters assembled in the Oval Office on Monday evening, hours after he was sworn in to his second term.
38% : But he will give Putin an opportunity, because in Putin's head, he wants me to fight with Trump.
37% : But once Trump manages, for example, to do a ceasefire deal without serious security guarantees for Ukraine, he will give a pass to Putin," Zelenskyy said.
36% : Advisers to Trump have talked at various points about freezing the war along the current battle lines during talks, delaying NATO membership for Kyiv for a period of 10 to 20 years in exchange for substantial military assistance and the withdrawal of Russian troops from eastern Ukraine, and the establishment of a demilitarized zone that would be patrolled by European peacekeepers to enforce an agreement.
34% : In an interview before the inauguration, Rep. Michael McCaul, who was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee until early January, said he did not know whether Trump would ask Congress for additional money.
34% : Zelenskyy and Trump held talks in December while they were in Paris.
34% : The official added that if Trump's peace plan means the conflict is "frozen" - armed conflict is brought to an end, but there's no peace treaty or other resolving political framework - it would simply allow Russia's military to regroup and relocate, including closer to other parts of Europe where more countries would be threatened.
32% : "I'm hoping that Trump sees who Putin really is, you know, in this process, and he's not a good faith partner.
31% : Last month Trump called for an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine after a meeting with Zelenskyy.
31% : "The Biden administration rushed to unload aid to Ukraine during the transition amid concerns that Trump would use military assistance as a bargaining chip.
28% : And if Putin did not agree to enter into negotiations, Trump said he was "likely" to put sanctions on Russia.
28% : Trump said at a news conference in early January that Putin sought to meet with him during the transition, but he did not think it would be appropriate to take the Russian leader up on the offer until after he had taken office.
28% : "Will President Trump even notice Europe?
27% : Trump sidesteps questions about how ceasefire would workMultiple times as a candidate, Trump declared that he could end the war in one day, going so far at a September debate as to claim he'd get it done during the presidential transition.
26% : "The missive followed a warning from Trump the previous evening that sanctions against Russia were likely if Putin refused to enter into negotiations to end the war.
26% : "Today (Putin is) afraid of Trump.
26% : "What Trump has put out there, while I think it's not wonderful, it's also not a disaster if European troops are willing to serve in between the two forces to enforce peace.
26% : "I think Trump does not want to think about this right now, but if this became essential to get the deal, he may and that is: if the Russians start shooting at the Europeans, and Europeans shoot back, the Americans are also shooting back.
25% : But the conflict has proved harder to solve than Trump once thought -- an issue he has blamed, in part, on constraints he faced in directly negotiating with Putin.
20% : Trump said he'd put all manner of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States and vaguely threatened secondary punishment against countries who do business with Moscow.
20% : In an interview published in January with podcaster Lex Fridman, the Ukrainian president said it is "naive" to think that Putin wants to finish the war and Trump would have to pressure him to stop it.
17% : "At a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, in what appeared to be Zelenskyy's first public remarks about Trump since the U.S. leader returned to office, the Ukrainian president questioned whether Trump was committed to NATO and European security more generally.
13% : Trump said Tuesday evening that Putin disrespected Biden and wouldn't be permitted to treat him that way.
9% : Trump told reporters during a January press conference that Putin wanted to meet with him but he felt it would be improper while Joe Biden was still in office.

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