Bangladesh, June 15 -- Donald Trump, having returned to power as the 47th president of the United States and sworn in on January 20, 2025, now finds himself confronting a sobering truth: nearly 150 days into his second term, his bold campaign promise to swiftly broker peace between Ukraine and Russia has made little headway. Despite repeated assurances on the campaign trail that only he could end the war – and would do so within 24 hours – Trump has failed to present a clear plan or deliver tangible progress toward a negotiated settlement.

This failure is not rooted in a lack of ambition but in a mixture of geopolitical complexity, strategic overreach, internal dysfunction, and a fractured Republican Party unable to provide c...