Woodrow Wilson had 14 points. Steve Witkoff has 28. But while President Wilson’s peace plan was met with euphoria in Europe in 1918, the Witkoff plan to end the war in Ukraine has been greeted with dismay.
Ever since Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, Ukraine and its European supporters have feared that the US would negotiate a peace deal directly with Russia — and then try to force it down Kyiv’s throat. That process began to unfold last week. Trump has given the Zelenskyy government until Thursday to make up its mind about a plan that involves ceding territory to Russia and major restrictions on Ukrainian sovereignty.
There are now three broad possibilities. The first is that Ukraine clearly rejects the plan, and Trump follows through on an implied threat to cut off aid to the country.