Why Trump Does Not Dare to Speak to Putin

This is a follow up of the post from Nov 28 2024 asking When Will Trump Call Putin?  

Since then Trump has had one telephone conversation with Putin (on Febr 12 2025). 

On March 12 Trump proposed to Russia an unconditional 30-day cease-fire of the war in Ukraine. Putin was given the ball.

On March 13 Putin responded that a cease-fire would be fine, but not unconditional allowing US/NATO to rearm for continued war after 30 days. Trump was given the ball.

On March 14 Trump responded that he hopes Putin will show good will. The ball went over the fence.

Trump does not lift the telephone to speak directly to Putin. Trump sends his buddy real estate mogul Witkoff to Moscow to do the talking. Witkoff left Moscow after a Thursday late night meeting with Putin. 

P nows the facts, T does not and so does not dare to talk directly to P again. The time for mutual congratulation to excellency of political leadership is over. Now it is time to talk, and T has nothing to say.

On March 15 T send P a message asking for mercy for the Ukrainian troops including mercenaries from the West encircled in Kursk. What dos that say about the weight of T vs P?