A bipartisan group of senators has already condemned the deal. Trump has defended it and announced an “energy ceasefire” between Ukraine and Russia — a breakthrough more imagined than real. Whatever comes of this episode, it illustrates how election-year incentives and economic blowback from the Iran War are affecting US foreign policy in theaters far beyond the Middle East. It’s also a window into the frustrations of Trump’s bid to end the war in Ukraine. Trump seems genuinely appalled by the killing. He has strong strategic incentives to seek a peace deal, amid a potential forever-war in the Persian Gulf…
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