Russia and Ukraine agreed Friday to a three-day halt in fighting, timed to Moscow's Victory Day weekend, along with a prisoner exchange of 1,000 soldiers from each side. Trump told NewsNation: "We have a little period of time where they're not going to be killing people. That's very good."
The president said he asked for the pause and both leaders agreed "readily." Zelensky confirmed the ceasefire on X, stating plainly: "Red Square is less important to us than the lives of Ukrainian prisoners who can be returned home."
The republic has skin in this war — in treasure spent, in deterrence staked, in the precedent being written. Eisenhower knew what it cost when the executive makes war and peace while Congress watches from the gallery. Article I still exists. The men who wrote it meant it.