ya but don't worry. Surely after 49 days and 23 hours Trump would pause the tarrifs to give chance for negotiating a deal.

Source: Past experiance

We're four months into the 24-hour peace talks to end the 3-day military operation that's been going on for three years.

"I never said day one" - trump

No, not yet. Eventually, though maybe not.

"Swiper no swiping!"

My bingo card caught fire & now I can't see.

They know him better than most.

Takes time to send the messenger to front lines

But Putin won’t because he’s too far into a delusion that was first one of grandeur but has become one of sunk cost.

I've read because they're on a war economy, stopping the war would be catastrophic for Russia's economy, and probably to Putin himself. But also continuing the war is also doing serious damage. That's why Putin will never agree to any ceasefire.

Putin can't stop without crashing Russia's wartime economy. If he does that, he next gets to experience defenestration.

Putin's talk of peace translates as, "I need to slow the roll so I can rearm."

This line about "It's as easy as leaving Ukraine" was only somewhat true in the beginning when it was more of a "special military operation" and less of a war. As others have pointed out, a lot has changed economically and most likely politically. Putin isn't an absolute master that can do anything on a whim with no repercussions whatsoever. Like any other place and time, the ruling class only gets to rule if enough of the working class isn't destitute. If the ruling class gets enough people into poverty, heads are very likely to roll.

I don't think that Putin is “delusional,” he is just trying to do what Russia has been trying to do for centuries - destroy Ukrainian culture, identity, independence, in short, assimilate Ukrainians. And withdrawing troops from Ukraine will not be such an easy decision for Putin and Russia, after several years of full-scale war, that is.