Amid war of words, Trump envoy meets Ukraine’s Zelensky

Hopefully this is the moment when Europe finally gets its act together, because it's clear that there is not a lot going on strategically in the US,

he added, referring to what he described as Trump's erratic outbursts in recent days

While Trump may be erratic and chaotic in how he is rolling out his agendas, at the strategic level he is doing pretty much exactly what he promised,

European Council on Foreign Relations expert Nick Witney wrote on Thursday

Emmanuel Macronfrench President

Now, it seems that the fire has really been lit,

Tallis added, pointing to emergency talks convened by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday

His approach to the war in Ukraine, as so brutally elaborated in recent days, is entirely consistent with his past behaviors and pronouncements,

the expert added

Despite the endless talk of wake-up calls, we haven't seen most of our [European] leaders being serious about doing something about it,

he said

We've been seeing the end of the old world order for quite a long time,

he said

Mika Aaltolafinnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator

If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe,

Aaltola added

My sense is we can cope, but it is in dire need of investment for the modern battlefield,

the lawmaker told CNN

The British Army is suffering from the cumulative effects of 40 years of decline,

Drummond said

It will be very difficult for the military in our current situation,

admitted an MP from the governing Labour party, who has pushed the government to go beyond its planned hike to military spending, which stands at 2.3% of GDP but is set to rise to 2.5% in the coming years

We do not want to fracture our relationship with America,

British defense analyst Nicholas Drummond told CNN

The way in which this was delivered – blow after blow after blow, within days – that was a real shock” for the continent

said Armida van Rij, a senior research fellow and head of the Europe Programme at London-based think tank Chatham House

European heads of government should have been getting together … to figure out what the European plan was going to be. But that hasn’t really happened.”

From the moment of Trump’s election victory, van Rij said

Biden got a lot of kit in before the inauguration. Kit is still going in

one said

There is a feeling that, if the trans-Atlantic bridge is not falling apart, it has been seriously damaged."

Dr Maris Andzans, director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies Riga, said

Recent developments and this different view of things from the United States now oblige us not only to face the truth, but to move at a very high speed and implement decisions that we have been discussing for long,

he said

Negotiations appear desirable but by no means necessary for Russia to achieve its goals in its war against Ukraine,

Stanovaya wrote

Putin has repeatedly made it clear that he believes Russia can achieve its goals in Ukraine without any U.S.-brokered deal,

Stanovaya noted

In his view, most potential outcomes would be advantageous for Moscow — whether through heightened political infighting, possible protests, or a fragile victory for a new president,

she wrote

They've been saying that for a long time that Ukraine cannot go into NATO,

Trump said of Russia