If there was a silver lining in Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy handing a victory to Vladimir Putin on Friday with the failed minerals deal, it was President Donald Trump effectively luring Putin to the negotiation table through what Putin might see as a more neutral arbiter in Trump.
Friday’s Oval Office blowup was “extremely frustrating” and a “missed opportunity for everybody,” Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., said, because “Ukraine is still in a precarious position” before potential talks to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
“This ultimately, obviously, there needs to be a negotiated settlement,” Lawler told NPR. “I think what President Trump is trying to do is get Vladimir Putin to the table for a negotiation.
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