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It is clear that any deal on Ukraine that doesn’t involve Europe will fail,
EU policy chief Kaja Kallas told Fox News Digital from South Africa
Europeans need to help by being in the background of those negotiations, saying, If this doesn't work, we're going to take further action that you're not going to like. Now, that's a very uncomfortable thing for Europeans to do, but it's very necessary.”
He added
They are actually about the same as Trump’s. Trump’s statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action.
Mr Johnson said
The US believes Belgium, France and other countries are blocking. It’s absurd. We need to get serious and fast.”
The former PM later added
We are first in line to do a great free trade deal with the United States,
Boris announced after meeting Donald Trump in advance of his inauguration way back in 2017.
I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.
Last week Donald Trump’s newly appointed defence secretary Pete Hegseth landed in Europe to deliver a message from his boss
Never has a greater truth been spoken
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Thank you JD Vance for telling it like it is about free speech in Europe and this country.
Lord (David) Frost, Boris Johnson’s chief Brexit negotiator, cooedThe threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other
he said
Though many will find it unthinkable, we must be prepared to call up our reservists – and make plans for conscription. Trump has left us no other choice."
Penning his worrying warning in the Daily Mail recently, Sir Shirreff wroteIn effect, Hegseth has taken Nato’s essential principle of mutual defence, known as Article 5, and shredded it. Europe’s reaction has been near panic. The first signs of fracturing emerged on Monday, as Germany, Italy and Poland all baulked at the idea of collective action"
He continuedIf they [Europeans] want to do that, that's great. I'm all for it. If they want to do that. I think that will be fine,
the US president said
You have leadership now that's allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,
Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday –We have zero intelligence that Putin is interested in a real peace deal right now.
A congressional official backed Wicker's comments, telling NBCI think he wants to stop the fighting.
He told reporters on SundayNo, Putin is a war criminal
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker told CNN when asked whether Putin can be trusted during negotiationsThe really worrying fact is that Trump has taken Russia from pariah to prize partner in the time span of just a few days. That comes at a price,
said Brett Bruen, a former foreign policy adviser in the Obama administration
The Kremlin has been normalized in bilateral diplomacy that excludes Ukraine and NATO and they gave up nothing to get that,
he told ReutersPresident Trump has built a strong team that is already demonstrating his peace through strength agenda in action,
said Brian Hughes, spokesman for the White House National Security CouncilRussia wants to do something,
Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday