President Donald Trump, after repeatedly promising to quickly end Russia's war on Ukraine, has changed his tune and his attitude dramatically.

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Ukraine’s drone strikes deep into Russia delivered a humiliating blow to Moscow last weekend. Kyiv’s defenders celebrated the attack as a triumph of modern warfare and a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the extraordinary operation got a different response inside the White House: anger.

President Donald Trump explained why he wants to keep trying to make a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, during an Oval Office press conference Thursday with the German chancellor . PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: So it’s not the money.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky rejected Russian terms to end the war, while Vladimir Putin dismissed any meetings with what he called a terrorist regime.

Trade, defense and Ukraine are the issues expected to dominate when Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets President Trump at the White House.