This is probably part of the grand strategy that the White House has chosen to see if this course of action can lead to peace, effectively appeasing Russia and putting some pressure on Ukraine,
In my personal view it should be exactly the other way around, and I trust that President Trump and his team will notice in due course that this probably doesn't work,
If there is NATO and the war is over, it means I fulfilled my mission,
We understand the importance of America, and we are grateful for all the support we've received from the United States."
We need peace, not endless war,
The world has changed. Europe's relative military and economic power has declined. Its ability to exact unequal geopolitical and geoeconomic dividends has diminished. … Europe should recognize this new multipolar reality."
We need a very radical reset,
It is very important that we try to make our diplomacy really substantive to end this war the soonest possible
He was a supporter of NATO. There was a theory of the case that maybe he would, you know, serve as some break or check on Trump’s affection for dictators,
The term ‘surety’ is typically used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Energy when referring to the safety and security of nuclear weapons, signaling that the purpose of the dormitory was to support a potential nuclear mission,
You saw him sit there silently. You saw him then criticize Zelenskyy on the air. Of course, many of us today believe that our vote for him was a mistake,
The defense of French interests does not stop at [French] borders,
It’s really confounding to us why we had such hostility coming in.”
Japan will need to build counterattack capabilities for deterrence and shelters for protection,
For peace to be real, we need real security guarantees. And this is the position of all of Europe – the entire continent,
This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!"
We have to learn from the mistakes of the past,
My assessment is that it wasn't a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelenskyy, but apparently an induced escalation in this meeting in the Oval Office,
I think our relationship (with the U.S.) will continue, because it's more than an occasional relationship,
It is very important that someone forces Zelenskyy himself to change his position,