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  • Pentagon says US will play a minimal role in Ukraine’s security guarantee

    08/20/2025 4:04:38 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 13 replies
    Politico ^ | 08/20/2025 04:55 PM EDT | Paul McLeary, Jack Detsch, Jacopo Barigazzi and Chris Lunday
    Meetings between NATO and U.S. defense officials left allies concerned that President Donald Trump would leave Europe to ensure a lasting peace in the war-scarred country.“There’s the dawning reality that this will be Europe making this happen on the ground,” said a NATO diplomat who was briefed on the talks. “The U.S. is not fully committed to anything.” The meetings — which occurred days after Trump and European leaders met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in a sign of unity — underscore the massive task ahead for allies as they weigh plans to send a peacekeeping...
  • Scholz slams Trump’s ‘self-centered’ bid to link Ukraine aid to rare earths access

    02/04/2025 7:32:41 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 51 replies
    Politico EU ^ | 2/4/2025 | CHRIS LUNDAY
    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to tie future military aid for Ukraine to access to its rare earth resources, calling the move "very egotistic, very self-centered." Scholz said that Ukraine needs its natural resources to finance post-war rebuilding, not to bargain for security assistance. "That's why I think it would be better if Ukraine's resources were used for a good future," he said. However, Ukraine appears more open to the idea — at least the opening up of its critical raw materials to allies, if not explicitly the quid pro quo suggested by...