Posted on 02/17/2025 1:33:13 PM PST by bimboeruption
The prospect of troops in Ukraine gained traction as Europeans seek a role in talks between the Trump team and Moscow that could shape the continent’s security.
BRUSSELS — European leaders held an urgently arranged meeting Monday in part to discuss the potential deployment of their troops to Ukraine as part of a ceasefire deal as contacts accelerate between the United States and Russia over ending the war.
The Trump administration has been seeking to learn what forces and weapons European countries could commit, while the Europeans, for their part, have been sounding out the Trump team about what kind of military backing would be available, for instance intelligence or air defenses.
The prospect of deploying troops to Ukraine has gained traction among European leaders in recent days as the Trump administration has moved quickly toward opening direct negotiations with Moscow. Ukraine’s European backers are scrambling for a role in those talks, which could reshape the continent’s security landscape. U.S. and Russian officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of some of the continent’s top leaders in Paris on Monday to spur planning on European support for Ukraine and to forge a consensus on a potential deployment. Macron held a 20-minute phone call with President Donald Trump ahead of the meeting, the French Foreign Ministry said.
After the hours-long meeting, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he welcomed talks about developing a peace agreement but said, “This does not mean that there can be a dictated peace and that Ukraine must accept what is presented to it.” Ukraine must be able to continue on a path toward membership in the European Union, be able to defend its democracy and sovereignty, and maintain a strong army, he said.
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All it takes is one mistake.
President Trump knows this and it ain't gonna happen.
BTW, isn't it surprising how weak the EU really is?
F them
U.S. troops or $$$?
I don’t think they realize The Big Guy is no longer in the White House.
Both most likely.
Things I did vote for when choosing Trump.
No more endless wars.
Peace with Russia.
Find the gift.
They’ve got big plans for using someone else’s money and resources.
And want U.S. support...
Tell them “NUTS”!
But the UE and Britain, which left the EU officially, are rather good at aggression against their own citizens over such things as thought crimes, to include standing and praying silently. Or retweeting a meme of which the powers-that-be disapprove. Or prosecute "hate crime" while not legally defining "hate."
“Placing American and European troops in Ukraine moves the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight.”
Russia will not agree to European or US Troops in Ukraine. That’s the basis of what this war has been about.
If they attempt to enter en mass, Russia will interdict with the minimum force necessary to prevent them.
But they will prevent them at all costs.
No, Europe, you are on your own.
We have our own problems to deal with in the USA.
PS - USAID cash flows and the gigantic Ukrainian money laundering scheme are OVER. As I said, you are on your own.
Just no. No, no, and no.
I always wondered who was leading the vegetable Biden on Ukraine. I thought it was a cabal of DC deep-staters and intel-types
I now believe that the likes of Blinken and Sullivan were, quite possibly, in the employ of European WEF/globalist types.
No US support!
I believe the Secretary of Defense said that
Ukraine will not be in NATO
American soldiers will not be sent to die for Ukraine
Russia will be keeping territory that Zelensky wants
We’ll reply in Russian: tuffchitski.
If they want to fight Russia, then don’t come running to us when Russia wants to fight back.
No. More. Euro. Wars. America First.
U.S. support could be: intelligence, air defense, logistics, and possibly special operations forces; not necessarily main line ground forces.
That's EXACTLY what it means.
When a play runs on Broadway and the major financial backers of the play pull out, the play is OVER.
Same deal with a war, the major financial backer of this war is pulling out, war is over.
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