President-elect Donald Trump has called for an “immediate ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine so that peace negotiations can begin, arguing that all sides would benefit from an end to the war.
Following meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris, as the two leaders attended the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Zelensky and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness.”
Even with his inauguration over a month away, the president-elect has been active in making diplomatic efforts to fulfil his pledge of ending the war in Ukraine, which is quickly approaching its third-year anniversary.
“There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. Too many lives are being so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if it keeps going, it can turn into something much bigger, and…