D onald trump promised to end the war in Ukraine within a day. Now, insiders say, he hopes to secure a ceasefire within his first 100 days—ie, by the end of this month. He has started to refer to the conflict as “Biden’s war”. But if it drags on, he worries it will increasingly become his.

President Trump told reporters Saturday that negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine were “going fine,” but indicated there needs to be a