They are fighting for the president’s favor and want to give him his coveted Ukraine deal. Several factions in the White House have very different ideas about future peace between Russia and Ukraine. And because Trump himself hardly cares about the terms of his deal as long as he can shine as a peacemaker, not only the future of Ukraine but also that of the transatlantic alliance may depend on the outcome of the power game. In recent weeks, the farce surrounding the creation of a 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine has shown how fierce the fighting is.
