"Humility” isn’t a word often associated with President Donald Trump, though he does occasionally indulge in self-deprecating humor. Discussing his efforts to end the war in Ukraine this week, he displayed a little of both.
“I want to try and get to heaven if possible,” Trump told Fox News. “I hear I’m not doing well. I hear I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole.” He noted that it wasn’t Americans dying in the Russia–Ukraine war, but thousands of lives could be saved by ending the conflict. According to a British estimate, 1 million Russian troops have fallen as casualties since the invasion began.
This isn’t totally uncharted territory for Trump. In Georgia during one of his last campaign rallies before the 2024 election, Trump said that his mother was “definitely looking down” on him as he hit the trail but quipped his father was “questionable”and might be looking up.
But it is nevertheless a bit unusual and it may be one of the explanations for Trump’s focus on ending this war, long after the 24-hour window. He has repeatedly called for the killing and dying to end.
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