Donald Trump Said He'd End Ukraine War in First 24 Hours. He Hasn't

 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-trump-war-2018906

lected officials are often accused of not keeping campaign promises, but Trump's rhetoric has set new standards of optimism. He said in May 2023 he could end the war in "24 hours"—and told a rally in June 2024 he could end the conflict even before he entered the White House.

But there has been a realignment of this goal as media outlets noted how the war continued to rage two days after he returned to the Oval Office.

Trump did not mention Ukraine in his inauguration speech on Tuesday but has since told reporters that Vladimir Putin would be destroying Russia by not agreeing to a deal, later saying had he been U.S. president at the time there would have been no invasion.