<p>The good news is President Donald Trump is determined to make a deal, and fast, to end the grinding war in Ukraine.</p>
<p>For the leaders of Ukraine and Europe, that could be the bad news, too.</p>
<p>Concern about what Trump would be willing to cede to Russia in his supercharged effort to reach an accord − the prime exhibit in his open campaign to win the Nobel Peace Prize − drew an extraordinary group of European leaders to the White House to back up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a pivotal moment for Kyiv.</p>
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<p>In the East Room on August 18, America's strongest allies wrapped layers of praise for Trump's leadership around warnings about the need to reach a ceasefire before negotiations begin, and before Ukraine is pressured to give up swaths of land to the nation that launched its latest invasion more than three years ago.</p>
<p>But Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out a ceasefire at his own meeting with Trump, this one in Alaska three days earlier, and he apparently won him over. Facing a united front from NATO and the European Community, from the leaders of France and Germany and Great Britain, Trump on Monday found himself more closely aligned on this key question with Moscow.</p>
<p>On his way to Alaska, Trump had called a ceasefire crucial, threatening "serious consequences" if Russia didn't agree.</p>
<p>But after Putin's flat nyet, Trump in the East Room described a ceasefire as a nice idea but not an imperative.</p>
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