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[T ... T]he crisis this continent faces right now … is one of your own making.”
He told the astonished audience … the threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. What I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from its most fundamental values.”
It was the words that followed that sent shockwaves across Europe [t ... t]he Trump administration … believes we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine”.
J.D. Vance’s speech touched on Ukraine in just half a sentence [S]tark strategic realities prevent the United States of America being primarily focused on the security of Europe … The US is prioritising deterring war with China in the Pacific, recognising the reality of scarcity and making resourcing trade-offs. … As the United States prioritises its attention to these threats, European allies must lead from the front.”
On the future US relationship with Europe, he said When there is a war, there cannot be democratic elections... When there is a war, it is difficult to investigate where a huge part of the funding given to Ukraine ended up,
No one is disputing that Russia's use of military force in Ukraine was a violation of international law. However, Russia had serious security reasons for doing so, because it has long been misled on the issue of NATO enlargement,
he said, effectively justifying Moscow's actions However, Europe should in any case help the US president to end the senseless killings in Ukraine as quickly as possible and not hinder him from achieving this goal,
I had an hour call with Jake Sullivan in the White House begging, 'Jake, avoid the war. You can avoid the war. All you have to do is say, NATO will not enlarge to Ukraine,
Sachs said at an event called "The Geopolitics of Peace." I said, 'Jake, say' 'Ukraine won't join NATO' publicly."
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