British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday European leaders had agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan to take to the United States, ... European leaders agreed they must spend more on defence to show Trump the continent can protect itself.
Maybe it's just me, but those things seem to be a big contradiction.
Europe is scrambling to ensure that Kyiv is not squeezed out of any talks after Trump's shouting match
Always blame Trump.
"After a long time of underinvestment, it is now of utmost importance to step up the defence investment for a prolonged period of time,"
Yes, it is. Trump has been saying this for a long time and usually gets back nothing but hate.
Europe, which lacks the weaponry and depth of ammunition stocks of the U.S., hopes to convince Trump that it can defend itself
Say what? Contradiction again.
Crucial to getting any agreement from Trump is for European nations to increase defence spending and signal they would take part in any peacekeeping role - something Starmer acknowledged was difficult to get unanimity on.
I'm not sure Putin would accept NATO members in a "peacekeeping role".
Trump has upended U.S. policy on the three-year-old war since he returned to the White House in January,
Well, I guess that's true. Trump offered Zolinski a cease-fire, not a blank check.
Trump had blindsided Europe by calling Putin without warning and sending a delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia without including Ukraine or Europe.
Uh, yes, but Russia wasn't included in the talks at the White House on Friday either.
Thank you for doing the sentence by sentence commentary.
I recommend to everyone to read the entire Reuters report and come to the same conclusion.
Maybe the EU ‘talk a lot gang’ have realized they are in as bad a position as Ukraine and their plans are acceptable to Trump.
But in the end, we must never forget that it was Trump who was the force who instigated the path to peace.