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Hopefully this is the moment when Europe finally gets its act together, because it's clear that there is not a lot going on strategically in the US,
he added, referring to what he described as Trump's erratic outbursts in recent days
While Trump may be erratic and chaotic in how he is rolling out his agendas, at the strategic level he is doing pretty much exactly what he promised,
European Council on Foreign Relations expert Nick Witney wrote on Thursday.jpg)
Now, it seems that the fire has really been lit,
Tallis added, pointing to emergency talks convened by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on MondayHis approach to the war in Ukraine, as so brutally elaborated in recent days, is entirely consistent with his past behaviors and pronouncements,
the expert addedIf we are talking about peacekeepers, then we are walking into the Russian trap because they don't want peace,
she told the European news website Euractiv on TuesdayDespite the endless talk of wake-up calls, we haven't seen most of our [European] leaders being serious about doing something about it,
he saidWe've been seeing the end of the old world order for quite a long time,
he said
This is a common-sense plan. They may not like it but we're going to drive it forward and everybody will stop squawking when the fighting ends,
Waltz said
There's obviously a lot of frustration here,
Waltz said on Fox
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of state of Ukraine. The inability to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise.”
Key EU leaders rushed to reassure the Ukrainian president of their continued support, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz saying
The transatlantic relations are over,
Roth added, as he emphasizedThis is pure Kremlin — and Putin — speech,
said Michael Roth, chairman of the foreign relations committee in the German parliament, after the U.S. president called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” and sided with Russia’s narrative about why the war began.jpg)
This causes concern for us, because we're talking about sending military contingents - about the
Peskov
They [the Trump administration] talk about the need to establish peace as soon as possible and do it through negotiations,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reportersWe have also already mentioned that this position is more favorable to us than the previous administration and that here we absolutely agree with the American administration,
he addedIt was decided to start resuming Russian-American dialogue on all parameters,
he saidThere is a feeling that, if the trans-Atlantic bridge is not falling apart, it has been seriously damaged."
Dr Maris Andzans, director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies Riga, said
Trump claimed that our European allies have done little to support Ukraine in its fight against Putin’s invasion. He said the United States has contributed three times more than Europe. But that’s another lie. In fact, Europe has provided more aid to Ukraine than the United States,
the senator said
And that’s why in a country where many are struggling economically, Russian oligarchs have stashed trillions of dollars in offshore tax accounts,
Sanders notedFurther, Trump called Ukrainian President Zelenskyy a dictator. That’s not true, either. Zelenskyy won 75% of the vote in free elections. In fact, his approval rating is higher than Trump’s,
he noted