Europe warns Trump against Ukraine deal 'behind our backs'

AFP (france) via Yahoo ^ | February 13th. 2025 | Max DELANY

[Mariner]

Blindsided Europeans warned Thursday that a "dirty deal" between US President Donald Trump and Moscow on ending the Ukraine war was doomed to fail -- insisting they and Kyiv must have a seat at the negotiating table.

Meeting NATO partners the day after Trump revealed he had agreed to start peace talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth denied it meant a betrayal of Kyiv's three-year war effort.

But Trump's move stunned European allies -- several of whom openly called his strategy into question.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected any "dictated peace" and his defence minister called it "regrettable" that Washington was already making "concessions" to the Kremlin.

In a blunt address to reporters at NATO talks in Brussels, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas insisted that no deal "behind our backs" could work, as she accused Washington of "appeasement" towards Russia.

"We shouldn't take anything off the table before the negotiations have even started because it plays to Russia's court and it is what they want," she said.

"Any quick fix is a dirty deal," she said. "It will just simply not work."

[Mariner]

These dummies just don't seem to realize the US is negotiating only two things:

US exit from Ukraine

Detente with Russia

If they choose to keep the war going they can. We just won't be there.

[MNJohnnie]

Fine EU YOU pay for the war. We are not.

[Darksheare]

The EU had the oil for weapons deal with Iraq behind our back, they can get stuffed!

[Frank Drebin]

[bray]

Pay up or Shut up.

[rktman]

Hey EUtopia, you aren’t doing anything so.......🖕

[Williams]

I support Trump, period. I’d like to see Ukraine get as good a deal as possible, but the war needs to end.

[hillarys cankles]

I’m sure Trump will take kindly to that lame a** warning.

[SauronOfMordor]

Trump wants us out.

If EU wants to get into a war with a nuclear power, that’s up to them. We’ll watch from here.

[9YearLurker]

The Weenies are squealing again.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Blindsided Europeans warned Thursday that a "dirty deal" between US President Donald Trump and Moscow on ending the Ukraine war was doomed to fail -- insisting they and Kyiv must have a seat at the negotiating table.

If Blindsided Europeans don't STFU, they're going to find themselves alone at the table with Russia and Ukraine. US taxpayers have had enough of this BS.

[wardamneagle]

The EU telling the master deal maker Trump about making a quick deal has no merit. It may disrupt their personal bank accounts being funded by this BS

[Opinionated Blowhard]

You have to pay to get a seat at the table. And 0.01% of your GNP as defense spending isn’t nearly enough.

[SaxxonWoods]

It will be done right in front of your faces, Euroweenies!

[PIF]

These dummies just don't seem to realize the US is negotiating only two 4 things: US exit from Ukraine Detente with Russia Perpetual European war with Russia China's Invasion of Taiwan & the Philippines

[Trumpisourlastchance]

Warns? Warns? ROFLMAO.

[Sunsong]

Sure, and there will be consequences...

[Eli Kopter]

If they want a bigger seat at the table they should pay their bills to NATO.

[kiryandil]

Looks like the Euroweenies found out.

[PGR88]

One thing is for sure - the “Putin puffer” slurs certainly disappeared from FR