President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would call himself into action as the closer, should Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy near a peace deal.
He made his comments as administration officials and European leaders fanned out after a White House summit on Monday to explain the next steps in the Ukraine-Russia peace process, including how to decide about possible deal-breaking territory swaps.
What has emerged is an accelerated process that American and European leaders say will require Putin and Zelenskyy — archnemeses — to reach common ground on several thorny issues.
