Trump's options for ending the war in Ukraine are not without risk 

All three options or scenarios are fraught with danger. They are also open to so many factors that could, in the blink of an eye, change the course of history

US president Donald Trump’s 'main concern is not Europe nor the Middle East, but the pivot towards Asia. US time and resources can no longer be wasted on two rich regions which should be able to sort out their own respective security issues.' Picture: Alex Brandon/AP

During the US presidential election campaign, Donald Trump said that he would bring the war in Ukraine to an end “in a week”. 

While he did not specify what he meant by “within a week” there is a biblical connection to the time frame mentioned, which should make us all pause for thought. True, we learned from the Bible, that God made the world ‘in a week’, but faced with geological reality, we knew that this was not necessarily factual.