European leaders are freaking out at the speed at which Presidents Trump and Putin are headed toward a summit to talk Ukraine peace, following their 90-minute Wednesday phone call, the first known contact between the two since Trump took office.
Zelensky too is loudly demanding that nothing be agreed to without Ukraine’s direct representation and input. He has also asserted that in any negotiations to end the war, Kiev’s European allies must be at the table. Reuters has characterized a “scramble” to get a seat. Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Ukraine bombshell of ruling out future NATO membership in statements yesterday have also left the Europeans reeling.
There’s also Trump’s blunt Monday words to Fox wherein he said of Ukraine, “They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday.” The hits keep coming and without doubt European officials are on anxiously on edge over what Trump might say next.
“European leaders warned the United States on Thursday against sealing a Ukraine peace deal with Russia behind their backs as they scrambled for a seat at the table after Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin and announced the start of negotiations,” the fresh Reuters report indicates.
One would think that simply ending the killing would be prime and paramount, instead of shouting accusations of Trump supposedly going behind the Europeans’ backs. Instead, we get statements like this: “It is clear that any deal behind our backs will not work. Any agreement will need also Ukraine and Europe being part of it,” European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. […]
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