{"id":2439630,"date":"2025-05-27T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-special-envoy-to-ukraine-says-peace-is-not-easy\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T23:34:42","slug":"white-house-special-envoy-to-ukraine-says-peace-is-not-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-special-envoy-to-ukraine-says-peace-is-not-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"White House special envoy to Ukraine says peace is &#8216;not easy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-special-envoy-to-ukraine-says-peace-is-not-easy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2439630&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent discussion,Keith Kellogg,the White House special envoy to Ukraine,expressed that former President Donald Trump is uniquely positioned to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. Kellogg highlighted that negotiations would be essential to resolving the ongoing conflict, which he deemed impractical to end through violence alone. Although Trump has shown dissatisfaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-ends-military-climate-dialogue-with-u-s-over-pelosis-trip-to-taiwan\/\" title=\"China Ends Military, Climate Dialogue With U.S. Over Pelosi\u2019s Trip to Taiwan\">recent aggressive actions<\/a>,Kellogg believes that Trump&#8217;s ability to maintain a negotiating stance is crucial. He acknowledged that neither side may fully endorse the proposed compromises, which he asserted might indicate a better path forward. additionally, Kellogg noted that both the U.S.and Ukraine have outlined their terms for peace, with the next step involving the integration of these proposals to facilitate negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House special envoy to Ukraine says Trump&rsquo;s job in achieving peace is &lsquo;not easy&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2126199\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House special envoy to Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keith-kellogg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Keith Kellogg<\/a> argued on Tuesday that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is the &ldquo;only guy&rdquo; who can bring peace between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>, suggesting bringing an end to the war comes down to &ldquo;negotiation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has expressed frustration with Russia&rsquo;s recent large-scale missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, stating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3421948\/trump-furious-putin-deadly-strikes-kyiv-will-consider-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he is &ldquo;not happy&rdquo; with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>. Kellogg, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-retired-lt-general-honore-too-partisan-to-lead-capitol-security-probe\/\" title=\"GOP: Retired Lt. General Honore too partisan to lead Capitol security probe\">retired lieutenant general<\/a> in the U.S. Army, assessed that Trump&rsquo;s ire at Putin is &ldquo;understandable.&rdquo; He called Russia&rsquo;s attack against Kyiv a &ldquo;clear violation&rdquo; of the 1977 Geneva Protocol, which was intended to prevent &ldquo;indiscriminate killing&rdquo; of civilians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3421295\/supreme-court-barrett-recusal-sparks-ethics-debate-catholic-school-case\/\">Barrett sparks ethics debate after skipping Catholic school case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3422788\/gop-trump-gao-fight-impoundment-control-act\/\">GOP fights GAO efforts to throttle Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3423121\/abigail-spanberger-democratic-candidate-virginia-governor\/\">Who is Abigail Spanberger? Meet the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Amid the frustrations, however, Kellogg suggested Trump deserves &ldquo;full credit&rdquo; for his current efforts to achieve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">peace<\/a>, adding that the administration has a &ldquo;22-point plan&rdquo; on what steps to take next.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And frankly, we think it&rsquo;s a good plan because neither side really likes it. I think you make progress when both sides don&rsquo;t like it, and it&rsquo;s gone well,&rdquo; Kellogg said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em>. &ldquo;So we&rsquo;re pretty confident there, and when you ask what he needs to do, I think he needs to keep at it. It&rsquo;s frustrating, I know that, but the only guy that can do this is President Trump. I really believe that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not going to be easy,&rdquo; Kellogg continued. &ldquo;Negotiations are never easy, but there&rsquo;s nowhere this war is going to end through violence, through killing of soldiers on either side; it&rsquo;s going to come down to negotiation, that&rsquo;s where you have to be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2952586&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c287199e8045b13b4ac342f6a493ef0f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Regarding what needs to happen next, Kellogg said the Russians told Trump that they are working on a &ldquo;memorandum,&rdquo; which he explained was a &ldquo;term sheet&rdquo; on what Russia wants for peace. Kellogg added that the United States has already received Ukraine&rsquo;s terms for peace, and the next step would be finding a way to merge them with Russia&rsquo;s so that peace can be reached between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3422374\/as-trump-fumes-war-in-ukraine-takes-a-deadly-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AS TRUMP FUMES, WAR IN UKRAINE TAKES A DEADLY TURN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following Russia&rsquo;s attack on Kyiv, European allies of Ukraine have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3422364\/restrictions-ukraine-long-range-missiles-massive-russian-drone-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lifted restrictions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >country firing long-range missiles<\/a> against Russia<\/a>. The change in policy marks the first time Europe has supported Ukraine&rsquo;s authorized use of these weapons since the war began in February 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3422311\/chuck-grassley-trump-sanctions-russia-putin-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">urged Trump to act against Russia<\/a> in the wake of its most recent strike on Ukraine, writing on X that he has &ldquo;had enuf&rdquo; of Putin killing innocents. It comes after Trump said on Sunday that he would &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; consider sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2126199\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2126199\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House envoy to Ukraine says Trump&#8217;s peace efforts are &#8216;challenging<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2439631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kellogg-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44899,6991,32127],"class_list":["post-2439630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-special-envoy","tag-ukraine","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kellogg-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439634,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439630\/revisions\/2439634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}