Trump is trying to blame Ukraine and the EU for his "peace deal" failing, but Russia has already said that the deal is out of the question.
The whole circus is just a humiliation ritual and medial theatrics to cover up the failure of his campaign privilege: to get a peace deal done within a day of his inauguration.
The 24 hours are up, Mr. President.
Still, least he’s up on shitcoins…
The EU have sabotaged this, and every other negotiation since this debacle began.
Borris Johnson intervened to make sure Ukraine didn't sign the Istanbul Agreement for example.
I dont know why the opinion of the EU is even considered by the U.S in the first place since they are clearly nothing but a vassal of the US (Nordstream made that abdundantly clear).
I do agree with your point about theatrics, since all the US has to do is withdraw military assistance and intelligence and force Ukraine to accept a deal.
The US military isn't only over there to protect Ukraine. It's also over there to move into eastern Ukraine and extract resources from the territory. It needs a peace deal, to send in the drills. That was precisely what was in Trump's first attempted "peace deal".
If America reneges on Ukraine defense, they break their Trilateral security guarantees, that they and the UK agreed to, in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nukes. That would cause the USA to be seen as a fickle partner, and put all other security guarantees in question (Qatar, Taiwan, etc.)
The USA and Russia companies are in talks to resurrect Nordstream 2 without the EU, and then make billions selling the natural gas to Germany. The USA has promised Russia that it can force the EU to purchase Russian gas by cutting Germany off from American gas. Germany doesn't think that is very funny.
The EU (especially Germany) is completely dependent upon the USA for energy and defense, but America becoming such a terrible ally has them rethinking the wisdom of this.
Now, Trump and Elon scream incoherently at them on Twitter and ramble on racist garbage about Europe no longer being European. Which has them rethinking even harder.
Absolutely! The dynamics at play are wild. It's not just about defense; it's about resources and strategic moves. If the US backs off Ukraine, it sends a shaky message to all allies. The trust factor? Gone. And yeah, the Nordstream talks are a whole other level of messy. Germany's gotta be feeling the heat with all this back and forth. The EU's gotta rethink its reliance on the US if this keeps up. Crazy times! 💥 #Geop
Boris Johnson was involved because:
1) the UK and the USA are the protectors of Ukraine, according to the Trilateral Agreement
2) UK is a leading NATO power
Its funny which agreements are honored and which aren't.
I maintain that it was in Europe's and Ukraine's best interest to sign the Istanbul document. I wouldn't value a "protectorate" very highly if their advice lead to the current situation.
Everyone thought Russians would eventually tire of war.
I have to admit, so did I, alas, here we are, but the strategy stubbornly remains the same.
You mean this deal? It didn't even include territorial agreements, and Russia started out like:
> One disagreement was over security guarantees. The Istanbul Communiqué said that if Ukraine was attacked and asked for help, the guarantor states would be obliged to help Ukraine militarily. The Russians then demanded this be changed so that the guarantor states would only defend Ukraine from an attack if "all guarantor states" agreed, including Russia. This meant that Russia could veto a military intervention to defend Ukraine from repeated Russian invasion.
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You've never haggled? You don't walk away when the opening bid is high.
Bear in mind this is an existential threat to Russia, they need Iron clad security guarantees or risk being Balkanised.
Merkel actually admitted, after the horse had bolted of course, that previous "treaties" with Russia were nothing more than an attempt to buy time and arm Ukraine.
When trust is that broken, it makes sense to me that any diplomatic proposal would start with a very high opening bid, and perhaps concessions made elsewhere.
Russia pokered too high. Their entire strategy was that they'd quickly overrun Ukraine and European namby-pambies would just sit on their hands and cry.
They need to stop drinking the koolaid they give to the Americans. 😂
I’m hopeful the US (I’m American) just walks away from all of this. Trade with Ukraine, Russia, Europe, and all the rest of the world, but no more wars. Much smaller, cheaper military if we stay in our own hemisphere.
Well thats what the MAGA line ought to be, but unfortunately America suffers from the infiltration of warhawks who will do everything in their power to make sure war is sustained for their benefit no matter how many lives are lost, be they Ukrainian, Russian, and increasingly likely, European
100%. If anyone still thought otherwise, I think the past 10 years has proven the US Empire, like almost all before it, will go down the path of collapse, not reform.
The ‘vote harder’ crowd will be dissapointed.
To be fair, EU deserves to figure it out for themselves by now. They have been sabotaging negotiations for a long time now and keep spewing war rtheroric without any hints of being open to diplomacy. Peace requires two parties to be open to negotiations. They are not. Ok then, go figure it out yourself.
And I say this as a European, that’s the saddest thing.
The Europeans don't want peace, their failing superstate needs a sacrifice on the battlefield to keep the plebs at home from turning against their governments when the effects of Net Zero really hit.
Correct.. they need this war. Looking at history, this is how it always goes when a money system fails. They need this distraction to perpetuate. And now they have managed to turn two nuclear superpowers against them; both the US and Russia.
Well, good job, I guess. Good luck with that. EU has no armies to write home about and no civilians willing to fight. The closest anyone got to a war situation is Call of Duty Black Ops here.
If it comes to war, it would be an absolute meat grinder and disaster. Europe would be without a chance.
Yet, the stupidity and megalomania in Brussels seems endless.
He was saying that all it needed to make peace was a phone call, he said that USA will be (at some point in the future) the first country that will have a 6th generation combat aircraft while China a few days before his words, presented publicly their own 6th generation combat aircraft, he expected to defeat Houthis in a few days and he lost despite the war crimes the USA army and allies had commited, etc etc (i am not even talking about Greenland and other stuff). In general he is living in his fantasy world.
ps
free Palestine 😀
Yeah, Trump is... yeah. Bizarre.
