A top US military official has warned Donald Trump may prolong the end of the war in Ukraine. He wrote in The Hill, "Trump has the cards to end the war, but those cards need to be played against Russia and not Ukraine. "He must coerce Russia to stop attacking, give up their territorial aspirations for the Donbas, and accept a European military peace-keeping force in Ukraine. Sweet had previously referred to this prolonged decision-making as a "forever war" which Trump may have orchestrated. "The U.S. is now 0 for 7 in its negotiations with Russia to end the war — chiefly because Ukraine stubbornly refuses to commit national suicide.