US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 17. Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Wishing for peace is far easier than making peace.

President Donald Trump’s grand ambitions in the Middle East and Ukraine are struggling against their own internal limitations and the horrific hangovers of two brutal wars.

Trump ditched plans for a quick second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin , declaring Tuesday that he didn’t want to waste his time, in the latest dizzying gyration of his drama-laden but so far futile peace push.

And Vice President JD Vance rushed to the Middle East, where Trump just last week expressed hopes he’d forged “everlasting peace.” The ce

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