The way to get a peace agreement is to change the battlefield.

First Lady Melania Trump looks on as her husband, President Trump (not pictured), addresses guests and supporters in an overflow room in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration at the U.S Capitol on January 20, 2025 at Washington, DC. Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter, setting off a scramble inside the administration to understand why the halt was implemented and explain it to Congress and the Ukrainian government.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has accused The Financial Times of misrepresenting Donald Trump’s comments in a recent conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During the exchange,

President Trump told reporters Tuesday that Ukraine should not target Moscow with military attacks and that the U.S. was not looking to give long-range missiles to Kyiv in its ongoing war against