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Trump’s Negotiators Should Travel to Ukraine

By visiting, one can see the people hold out hope for America.

heinrichs
heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
A large Ukrainian flag waves in the wind on May 25, 2026, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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A large Ukrainian flag waves in the wind as smoke rises on the horizon along the front line following a bombardment by Russian forces on May 25, 2026, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Regarding Walter Russell Mead’s “A Glimpse at the Future of War” (Global View, May 19): President Trump wants to appear as a neutral mediator to compel an end to this shockingly lethal drone war. But his lead negotiator has been to Russia at least seven times and never to Ukraine.

While on the trip with Mr. Mead, I realized that these U.S. negotiators would be wise to go to Kyiv. They should observe a drone-operation center and learn about the enterprise and wit of the private citizens who are innovating, adapting and making Ukraine a promising place in the free world to do business.

Read the full letter in the Wall Street Journal.