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Look, I've answered a version of this question probably 100 times over the past three months,

and one of the things I'll say about the president is that he is responsive to the reality on

the ground.

And the reality on the ground is that, number one, we have engaged in incredibly good faith

negotiations with both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and I believe the president is

growing incredibly impatient with the Russians right now because he doesn't feel like they're

putting enough on the table to end the war.

That's number one.

Number two, the president has grown very confident that this war is bad for Russia.

You hear me say this all the time, you hear the president say this all the time.

The war is bad for Russia, it's bad for Ukraine, it's bad for America, we want the killing

to stop.

That remains the president's position, but the president also can look at reality on

the ground.

He sees the economic numbers that are coming out of Eastern Europe, he sees the number

of dead people, both Russians and Ukrainians, that are happening in that war, and the president

is telling Vladimir Putin it is time to stop the killing.

He would say that to Zelensky, in fact has said that to Zelensky.

He wants this war to end, and he's doing everything that he can to stop it.

But look, if the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it's going to be very,

very bad for their country.

That's what the president made clear.

It's not a shift in position, it's an acknowledgement of the reality on the ground.

We're going to keep on fighting for peace every single day in the Trump administration.