As he is wont to do, President Trump held an impromptu press conference at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday and had some hard truths for Ukraine, hinting that it might be time for the Ukrainian people to call for new elections as their country enters year four of the war with Russia.
Fresh off of signing two new executive orders and one memorandum, Trump entertained a wide variety of questions, but the Russia-Ukraine situation was a central theme after Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down with a Russian delegation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to start mapping out a path to peace.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had made headlines in recent days over his ire at not being invited to participate in the Riyadh negotiations, saying:
“We were not invited to this Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia. It was a surprise for us. I think it was a surprise for many…