Donald Trump made lots of big promises on the campaign trail about what he would do as president.

But in the weeks since he won the election, Trump and his transition team have been quietly walking back some of his most significant commitments — a reflection of how unrealistic they were to begin with.

Trump promised to "fix" Russia's war in Ukraine before he was even inaugurated. Welp!

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Throughout his campaign, Trump repeatedly bragged that he was uniquely positioned to resolve Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In March 2023, he said he could “fix” the war before he was even inaugurated.

“I would fix that within 24 hours, and if I win, before I get into the office, I will have that war settled,” the president-elect said in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity. “100% sure.”

Trump said the same thing in May 2023 during a CNN town hall — “If I’m president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours” — and again in June 2024.

But on Wednesday, two of his advisers conceded that isn’t going to happen.

It will take months or even longer to resolve the war, which has been going on since February 2022, Trump’s associates told Reuters. They chalked up Trump’s promises to quickly end the war to “campaign bluster” and “a lack of appreciation of the intractability of the conflict and the time it takes to staff........

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