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By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With his new 28-point plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t “have the cards” to continue on the battlefield and must come to a settlement that heavily tilts in Moscow’s favor.

Trump, who has demonstrated low regard for Zelenskyy dating back to his first term, said Friday he expects the Ukrainian leader to respond to his administration’s new plan to end the war by next Thursday.

“We think we have a way of getting peace,” Trump told reporters in an Oval Office appearance. “He’s going to have to approve it.”

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