Tell us if you’ve heard this one before. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walks into a meeting with President Donald Trump. Expectations are high for some kind of breakthrough that might bring the bloody war to a halt. Trump announces he has just gotten off the phone with Vladimir Putin ahead of the meeting, lowering expectations. The meeting ends inconclusively, with Trump promising to bring Zelensky and the Russian president together to negotiate in the near future.