Trump is wallowing in 'growing frustration' that his job is harder this time: report

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump has recently taken to complaining to dinner companions at his Mar-a-Lago resort that things are not going as well as he thought they would in his return to the presidency.

Now that he is over 100 days into his second term, the president in recent weeks has expressed growing dissatisfaction that he hasn't been able to deliver on his promise to end the war in Ukraine and has even taken to wondering if Russian President Vladimir Putin has been stringing him along.

According to the Journal's Josh Dawsey and Alexander Ward, "Trump spoke to a room of top donors at his Florida club last week, he described ending Russia’s war in Ukraine as a growing frustration that keeps him up at night, people in the room said," with the Journal report adding, "As he passes the 100-day mark of his second term with neither conflict closer to a resolution, negotiations to end Iran’s nuclear program stalled, and a trade war straining relationships with allies, Trump is finding solving the world’s problems more difficult than he had thought."

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That led, Dan Baer, a former ambassador in the Obama administration to suggest, "Bluster and theatrics have their role in diplomatic high wire acts, but so do details and hard work.”

“If he hadn’t promised such things repeatedly throughout the campaign it’d be wildly unfair to criticize him for failing to achieve them. But he did," added Kyle Haynes, a professor of U.S. foreign policy at Purdue University.

The report notes that Trump has complained to close associates that Putin has become more nettlesome to deal with and has been asking what has changed since his first term.

"In recent weeks, Trump has privately griped to advisers that Putin doesn’t want to end the war, and that both sides refuse to compromise. Trump has also asked advisers if they believe Putin has changed since Trump’s last time in office, and expressed surprise at some of Putin’s military moves, including bombing areas with children, according to people familiar with the remarks." the Journal is reporting.

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