(The Hill) – President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday at the White House, part of a renewed push to end Russia’s over three-years long war in Ukraine.

Trump, feeling victorious after securing a ceasefire in the Middle East, projected optimism about ending the war that he once proclaimed he could resolve in one day.

“I’m the mediator president, and I’m mediating a not easy situation,” Trump said. "It should be easy."

The meeting, held as a working lunch with Trump and Zelensky sitting across from each other, was initially carried out in front of the press without any major explosions between the two sides. This was likely a welcome relief after a February Oval Office meeting, which escalated into a shouting match between Trump, Vice President Vance and Zele

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