He’ll be waiting for a co-ordinated response from ‘the willing’ in Europe. Starmer/Macron/etc managed to talk Trump down a couple of months ago. He’ll be hoping for similar. I’m not sure anything they say will put him off this time. Trump’s been batting for Putin all along, that much is now pretty clear. Zelensky will play for time and most likely try to work out what sort of war he can pursue entirely with European support. It ought to be possible to shape some sort of a campaign without American involvement, always assuming of course that the capitals of Europe have been paying attention and taken on board the awkward fact that the US is no longer a reliable ally.
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This on Xitter from Gabrielius Landsbergis, a former foreign minister of Lithuania (a small country, but with a lot of experience of dealing with Russia, and Russians).
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There is a glaringly obvious message for Europe in the 28 point plan: This is the end of the end.
We have been told repeatedly and unambiguously that Ukraine’s security, and therefore Europe’s security, will be Europe’s responsibility. And now it is. Entirely.
If you are a European leader asking your team to book you on the next flight to Washington to go talk to Daddy, please don’t.
Not without a plan, not cap in hand, not humiliating us all in front of the cameras at the Oval office.
Europe is our continent, our future is decided here, not there. We aren’t poor, we have options, we can finally decide to assist Ukraine to the full extent of our very extensive capabilities, restore European dignity and defend Europe.
Or we can continue to wait for the miracle we now know is not coming.
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