During his reelection campaign, President Trump promised voters that he'd end the war in Ukraine.
It was a promise Trump made repeatedly in speeches.
Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after we win the presidency,
I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settlement.
— I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settle.
I'll get it done in 24 hours.
— And the presidential debate.
— That is a war that's dying to be settled.
I will get it settled before I even become president.
If I win, when I'm president-elect, and what I'll do is I'll speak to one,
I'll speak to the other, I'll get them together.
— Trump's plan for settling the war in Ukraine was to get both sides to the negotiating table.
Specifically, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
When Trump came into office,
he had this idea that he was going to be the person that negotiated peace for this long-standing war with so many fatalities.
That's our colleague Lara Seligman.
She covers the Pentagon and the White House.
He thought that because he has a personal relationship with Vladimir Putin that
if you just got them in a room together,
gave them enough time, He could do it.