Today, in Paris, pro-war, anti-Trump, frustrated European leaders are gathering to prevent a peace agreement in Ukraine,
We will not be able to effectively help Ukraine if we do not immediately take practical steps regarding our own defense capabilities,
There’s a lot of talk about this being a Munich 1938 moment, but for Ukraine the fear is that it’s a Yalta moment, where its future is determined by great powers without reference to it,
Hopefully the Europeans will recognize that their free ride on the coattails of America has come to an end,
I think there’s been a lot of diplomatic cacophony this weekend,
Right from the start, we have given money to Ukraine,
Ukraine is still at war,
Everyone who met with Kellogg here [says it] looks like he’s collecting information and not giving it,
Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.”
For us in the European Union, the United States of America is our most important trading partner, but we believe that tariffs are totally the wrong way forward,
From a self-interest point of view, we are very aware that Russia is a Pacific nation as well. Vostok is not on the Atlantic,
President Trump and I are working in full cooperation and coordination between us. We have a common strategy,
The Five Eyes is incredibly relevant for us, and for the Canadians, the U.S., Australia and the U.K.,
Russia will remain a threat to Europe, whatever kind of peace deal,
What Ukraine requires is security guarantees in the event of Russia trying to invade again in a few years’ time if there was an imperfect peace,
Because of the acceleration of the Ukrainian issue, and as a result of what US leaders are saying, there is a need for Europeans to do more, better and in a coherent way, for our collective security,
There's no way in which we should open the door for this Russian fantasy of a new, indivisible security order,
The G7 is the group of the most advanced great democracies,
I'm of the school of realism, I think that's not going to happen."
A process towards peace is not a one-meeting thing,