NATO secretary on Trump and the US

[BrunoMars420]

France and Britain to propose one-month truce in Ukraine, Macron says

France and Britain are to propose a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea”, Emmanuel Macron has said following talks in London on Sunday.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Mark Rutte, the Nato secretary general, has said “quite a number” of European countries are “willing to help out” with security guarantees for Ukraine, James Crisp writes.

The UK and France have said they would send troops to police the peace in Ukraine, if they were backed by a US security “backstop”.

Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday that there would be a “coalition of the willing” of a group of countries before Mr Rutte suggested some nations said they would also be willing to contribute.

Mr Rutte said other countries said they would increase their defence spending during the summit in London.

He also dismissed fears that Mr Trump could pull the US out of NATO.

“Please, let’s stop gossiping about what the US might or might not do. They are in NATO. They are committed to NATO,” he told reporters.

Mr Trump has not committed to the security backstop to the European peacekeeping force.

 

[BrunoMars420]

I am reading about this euro summit in Ukraine and Russia. Looks like what Trump is wanting is Europe to be the ones policing whatever border they decide but UK and France want a “backstop” from the US. What do you think this “backstop” would be?

Also the UK PM Starmer is taking a strong lead on being the leader for the European Coalition. He seems to be agreeing with what Trump is saying on his end on how he views what the US should be doing and wants Ukraine to sign the minerals deal. I wonder if that would be consider the “backstop” guarantee for UK and France?

All very interesting to see this history to play out in real time.

 

[Huey Grey]

Trump is owned by Putin. He won't provide any security. He wants Russia to take over Ukraine.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

I'm happy to see Europe step up to help out. Just don't fall, Ukraine!

 

[Nole Lou]

I am against pulling out of NATO and do believe in NATO's mission.

However, I do believe that European countries have basically used NATO to offload their defensive responsibilities to the US in return for spending expansive, economically stagnant, increasingly culturally irrelevant welfare states. Western Europe is a disaster right now between economic crises, zero innovation, unmanaged immigration without assimilation.

It is time for Europe to take responsibility again for defense, especially on their continent. Some of the things that they're saying in Europe these days about needing to spend more on defense, being willing to take a more active role...music to my ears. I generally hate Trump's methods, I hate that Europe is only talking this way because the US is now seen as unreliable....but I definitely wish past US leaders had put much more emphasis on pushing Europe in this direction.