Zelenskyy, Starmer, Macron \u2026 they all had his ear at Pope Francis\u2019s funeral. But he is just as easily swayed by the elevator doorman<\/p>\n
The most recent diplomatic effort to find a way to stop Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine took place at the most unlikely of events: the funeral of Pope Francis. The image of Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump leaning toward each other, under Carlo Maratta\u2019s late-17th-century painting, The Baptism of Christ, rekindled hopes that the US might, at last, hear Kyiv out. Would this unexpected setting make Trump\u2019s compassion, so frequently expressed for the loss of human life, real? And could it lead to a better strategy for ending this criminal and brutal war?<\/p>\n
The goal of Kyiv and the coalition of the willing \u2013 a group of 31 nations that back Ukraine in its fight against Russia \u2013 is to distance Trump from what has become a dangerous rapprochement between the Washington and Moscow. But this will be an uphill battle \u2013 Europe and Kyiv are trying to fight their way to Trump\u2019s ear just when the US is backing Russia\u2019s position.<\/p>\n
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