The Biden adm8nistration: any talks about Ukraine not being in NATO are off the board.
Zelensky, before the war: I have peace proposals.
The Biden administration: we don't want to hear them.
Same people: Omg. Putin invaded. It's Putin's fault.
Zelensky rebuffed Trump's attempt to extort him over Biden and it got Trump impeached and the MAGAs have never forgiven him for it. On top of which, they -- like Trump -- admire Putin's ruthless authoritarianism and are eternally pissed the Ukrainians, with NATO's help, have taken him down a peg.
It's not that complicated.