Zelensky then surprised us and shit the bed.
Hegseth can't commit treason against Ukraine - his only oath is to the US. Thus, you appear claiming that Hegseth was not following the POTUS wishes which is false.
A ceasefire means ceasing hostilities. It means showing goodwill to both sides to encourage the peace talks. And these efforts can be started again immediately if things break down. This story, if true, actually confirms that Zelenskyy surprised Trump with his dismissive behavior toward the peace effort.
But you had an officer who "once told you something".
Oh brother.
And one final important point - the NYT has lied repeatedly and copiously about Donald Trump in its' reporting. It is a propaganda arm of the Democrat Party. Despite all of the above, I expect that the truthful version of events will be different than reported by them, and just amazingly, their reporting will have worked against Trump just coincidentally for about the billionth time.
But you keep believing because it feeds your TDS addiction.