Florida, Dec. 29 -- For the second consecutive day, US President Donald Trump played host at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. After meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday for peace talks, Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (local time).

The back-to-back meetings with leaders of two war-torn nations, Israel, which has secured a peace agreement, and Ukraine, which continues to seek one, mark a key moment in US diplomacy.

Standing outside his Mar-a-lago club as Trump shakes hands with Netanyahu, he said, "We have to have a peace plan for Gaza as quickly as we can, but there has to be a disarmament, we have to disarm with Hamas. One of the things we will talk about."

Months after a Gaza p...