In a moment that echoes the long history of great powers seeking to end wars they did not begin, President Trump has sent two trusted envoys — Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff — simultaneously to Moscow and Kyiv, carrying a peace proposal built around security guarantees for Ukraine and the outline of a ceasefire. The gesture is as much symbolic as it is strategic: a single American voice speaking to both sides at once, positioning Washington not as an ally of one but as a broker between two. Whether the weight of the proposal matches the ambition of the mission remains the defining question of