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Importantly, the President noted that Ukraine might be forced to accept a difficult compromise, hinting that some form of concession could be inevitable. He reminisced about a past conversation in the Oval Office, where he emphasized that he inherited the ongoing war and believed an earlier negotiated peace, ideally before it started, could have prevented much of the suffering. He lamented that the current leadership lacked the right strategy or leadership capable of brokering such a resolution, suggesting that a different president might have had the foresight to negotiate before escalation.