Zelensky wants to finalize a deal with Trump over Thanksgiving
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🗓️ 26 November 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly wants to meet President Trump “as soon as possible,” possibly over Thanksgiving, to finalize a joint US–Ukrainian peace agreement. The US argument is that the current trajectory of the war suggests Ukraine would eventually lose the territory anyway. White House officials stress that Mr. Trump’s primary goal is to end the war, no matter what the peace deal ultimately looks like. As the political philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah noted, “A value is like a fax machine. It’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.” Aren’t you glad God doesn’t feel the same way?
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| 0:00.0 | Good day. It's Wednesday, November the 26th, 2025. Welcome to Denison Forum's daily article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins, narrator. Today's daily article is authored by our co-founder, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:18.0 | Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelenskyy reportedly wants to meet President Trump, quote, as soon as possible, |
| 0:25.3 | possibly over Thanksgiving, to finalize a joint U.S. Ukrainian peace agreement. |
| 0:30.5 | The primary gap to be bridged is apparently over territory. |
| 0:34.1 | The current 28-point U.S. proposal concedes additional land to Russia beyond what it already controls. |
| 0:41.1 | The U.S. argument is that the current trajectory of the war suggests Ukraine would eventually lose the territory anyway. |
| 0:48.6 | White House officials stress that Mr. Trump's primary goal is to end the war, no matter what the peace deal ultimately looks like. |
| 0:56.4 | Such an approach is often termed real politic, a German word meaning politics of reality. |
| 1:02.9 | Former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, was a foremost proponent, |
| 1:07.3 | urging the U.S. to engage with other powerful nations in a practical manner, |
| 1:11.8 | rather than on the basis of political doctrine or ethics. He famously stated, |
| 1:17.2 | America has no friends or enemies, only interests. In this view, advancing these interests is the |
| 1:24.3 | job of a nation's leaders. Whatever ethical compromises must be made along the way. |
| 1:29.4 | As the political philosopher, Kwame Anthony Appiah noted, a value is like a fax machine. It's not much |
| 1:36.1 | use if you're the only one who has one. Aren't you glad God doesn't feel the same way? |
| 1:41.3 | In Psalm 136 verse 1, the psalmist declared, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, |
| 1:47.9 | for his steadfast love endures forever. He did not claim that God does good, but that he is good. |
| 1:54.6 | His steadfast love, translating the Hebrew Hesed, meaning unconditional and unchanging kindness, endures forever, |
| 2:03.1 | meaning that it will eternally be what it is right now. |
| 2:06.8 | This is because, as 1 John 4, verse 8 states, God is love, and as Malachi 3 verse 6 teaches, |
| 2:14.6 | God does not change. |
| 2:16.3 | If the supreme being did, he would be less than supreme and thus less than God. |
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