I think it's about making Trump feel that he achieved something

Care to explain?

Perhaps you need to come up to speed on the new text of the deal: “The earlier drafts were so punitive that they seemed designed to force Zelenskiy into a position where he either rejected the approach outright, allowing Trump to cut off arms supplies and force Ukraine’s capitulation, or accept and be swept away by public outrage. Whatever the plan was, Trump also appears to have miscalculated.

Zelenskiy fell into neither trap. Even during his explosive Oval Office humiliation, he somehow managed to hold his own without burning all bridges.”