President Trump has spoken a great deal on negotiating an end to the Russo-Ukraine War, but there are, as always in these matters, complications. Both sides have made noises about a negotiated peace, but both sides have areas that they are not willing to budge on.

One of those areas is Crimea. Crimea, which includes the now-Russian warm-water Black Sea port of Sevastopol as well as the reactivated Soviet-era submarine port at Balaklava,  was seized by Russia during the presidency of Barack Obama in 2014. Russia is not willing to give up that territory and that port, and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, is now saying Ukraine will never recognize Crimea as Russian territory. There’s a problem: There’s not much he can do about it.

This led to a blast of pixels from President Trump.

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— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) April 23, 2025

The post continues:

The statement made by Zelenskyy today will do nothing but prolong the “killing field,” and nobody wants that! We are very close to a Deal, but the man with “no cards to play” should now, finally, GET IT DONE. I look forward to being able to help Ukraine, and Russia, get out of this Complete and Total MESS, that would have never started if I were President!

While the president is clearly in a bit of a temper over this, he makes a good point: Crimea’s a done deal. Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t have to like it, but it looks like he’s going to have to take the “L” on this one.