Trump's vision of a peace deal for Ukraine is limited to a ceasefire - and it's not even clear if Kyiv or Moscow are going to play ball

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : It remains to be seen whether Trump, and everyone else, has the imagination and stamina to ensure that this path will ultimately lead to a just and secure peace for Ukraine.
43% : The following day, Putin responded by saying that he and Trump should indeed meet to discuss Ukraine and oil prices.
37% : It is not clear yet whether, and in which direction, Trump will tilt the balance and how this will affect either side's willingness to submit to his deal-making efforts.
33% : In his inauguration address, Trump only made a passing and indirect reference to Ukraine, criticising his predecessor Joe Biden of running "a government that has given unlimited funding to the defence of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders".
33% : Like Trump, Bessent specifically emphasised increasing sanctions on Russian oil companies "to levels that would bring the Russian Federation to the table".
32% : Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of BirminghamWe are now well beyond the 24 hours that Donald Trump had promised it would take him to secure an end to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
24% : This is not to say that Trump is going to fail in his efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine.

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