Donald Trump’s renewed efforts aimed at brokering a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia may in fact have their roots in Trump’s most famous political grudge.
As the president prepares for a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska — potentially to be attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as well — one of his former advisers sees a pattern emerging in Trump’s second-term foreign policy agenda that indicates the US president is seriously pining for what he sees as the ultimate sign of global recognition and respect: a Nobel Peace Prize.
