"I think this is the key to it. The people that Zelenskyy does not feel comfortable with or doesn't like — the MAGA movement, the conservative Republicans — they have the power over his fate.
And the people that he dalliances with, and he feels comfortable, and he's a rock star with — the Europeans and the American left — don't have any power. The Europeans talk a great game, but they have not come through with the economic and financial and military assistance as was promised. And the American left that has made him a rock star — they're not in power now.
So he has to understand that that he has to get along with the president. That means you come in with a suit, you do not interrupt, and you cut a deal that's mutually beneficial on the mineral concessions. That creates a de facto commercial tripwire, roughly along a DMZ [demilitarized zone], and now you have a basis for a lasting peace."
Victor Davis Hanson