Since the summit, he’s dropped demands for an immediate ceasefire.

“Five Ukrainians were killed overnight. He’s telling people, you heard Witkoff say a peace deal, a larger peace deal can be reached quickly if Putin’s demands, which include Ukraine ceding control of the entire Donbas region to Russia, are met. What do you make of all that? I mean, there are observers out there, people who like Trump, people who are rooting for Trump, who think that Trump got played,” Tapper, who also wasn’t in the room for the negotiations, huffed.

Pence said, “Well, look, I, you know, I served alongside the president for four years. I know his style in dealing with these dictators. It’s the velvet glove. But I think the hammer needs to come, and it needs to come immediately. I think the president, as he welcomes President Zelenskyy