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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. You're listening to the One-A podcast. I'm Jen White. And this is, in case you

missed it, where we bring you some of the week's

most important conversations you might have missed. In the second Trump administration,

it's another day, another deadline, another deal. On Monday, the president issued an ultimatum to

Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war. I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10, 10 or 12 days from today.

There's no reason in waiting.

There's no reason I'm waiting.

It's 50 days I want to be generous, but we just don't see any progress being made.

That was President Trump speaking to reporters while visiting Scotland on Monday.

Two weeks ago, he issued a 50-day deadline to the Russian president to end the war.

With this revised deadline, the president now wants peace efforts to make progress within 10 to 12 days.

There's been little reaction from the Kremlin. Well, this U.S. ultimatum

changed the course of the war in Ukraine. And with President Zelensky facing challenges both on the

front lines and in governance, what impact did this have on his path forward? To discuss that

impact, we're joined by a voice you may be familiar with from 1A's International News Roundup.

James Kittfield joins us after the break. He's senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the

Presidency and Congress. He's also the author of In the Company of Heroes, the inspiring stories

of Medal of Honor recipients from America's longest wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember for all the latest on this story, be sure to visit npr.org or tune in to your local

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