Russia responded to the new peace talks in Geneva by saying Trump's "28-point peace plan" is the one they can get behind and use as a framework, while Europe's is a nonstarter.

Is anyone surprised?

Politico Europe reported that Russian President Putin told "Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan about the plan on Monday, and, according to the Kremlin, said that Trump’s first proposal was a “good base for the future deal.”

“Vladimir Putin noted that these proposals, in the version we have seen, are in line with the discussions at the Russian-American summit in Alaska and, in principle, can be the basis of a final peaceful settlement,” the Kremlin said in its readout of the call.

The gap between the two sides’ preferred endgames remains vast, and largely incompatible

Any true peace deal is incompatible with Vladimir Putin's blood-lust and obsession to retake Ukraine.

The idea that Ukraine would submit to a Russian-scripted peace deal will never happen -- no matter how much Trump tries to force their surrender.

Did Trump complain that Putin wasn't grateful enough to him? Absolutely not.