"Although he has whined in public about not getting the award-"I deserve it, but they will never give it to me," he said at the White House in February-he seems to have grasped that winning it requires actual diplomacy. Accordingly, he has engaged in activities such as pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to support a plan to end the war, threatening Hamas with total destruction, negotiating with Arab states, and other normal presidential behavior."
"Trump adopted his customary pro-Russian stance, blaming Ukraine for having started the war and attacking the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in the Oval Office for being insufficiently grateful for U.S. aid. But Trump's posture has changed. The administration has halted the flow of some weapons to Ukraine, but it hasn't stopped intelligence support. Trump seems to have realized that Russian President Vladimir Putin won't stop the war until he has either conquered Ukraine or destroyed its sovereignty, and that Ukraine won't submit."
A strong desire for a Nobel Peace Prize pushed President Donald Trump to adopt more active diplomatic measures. He pressured Israeli leadership, threatened Hamas, negotiated with Arab states, and supported an agreement likely to produce the release of remaining hostages. Trump's stance on Russia and Ukraine shifted from an initially pro-Russian posture to a more pragmatic approach: halting some weapon shipments while maintaining intelligence support. He appears to conclude that Vladimir Putin will not end the war unless Ukraine is conquered or its sovereignty destroyed, and that confronting Putin is central to achieving a peace deal.
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