‘We will soon be next’: German leaders sound alarm on Trump’s Ukraine plan – POLITICO
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German political leaders have reacted with alarm to U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombshell announcement that his administration will conduct peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the head of European leaders.

“To be clear, peace must last over the long term. It must secure Ukraine’s sovereignty,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday. “That is why we will never support a dictated peace. Nor will we accept any solution that leads to a decoupling of European and American security. Only one person would benefit from that. President Putin.”

Scholz, whose Social Democratic Party (SPD) is in third place according to polls ahead of a Feb. 23 national election, called for more spending on Germany’s defense and military aid for Ukraine, and urged conservatives to relax the country’s strict spending rules — a theme he has touched on repeatedly during the election campaign — in order to do so.

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  • @SerinusEnglish
    16•5 days ago

    Because we can’t do anything about it.

    Europe needs to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. You need to stop this now.

    Partly to stop the invasion of Europe. Partly to gear up Europe for war in the hopes of preventing a larger conflict later.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•5 days ago

      That would risk direct conflict between nuclear powers. I’m not sure that’s a gamble we should take.

      I’m not sure we shouldn’t take it either. I don’t know, really. But it’s scary.

    • ms.laneEnglish
      -24•5 days ago

      Europe won’t though, since they expect US/UK/AUS to do all the military heavy lifting and always have.

      • @ne0nEnglish
        19•5 days ago

        Literal propaganda

        • @SerinusEnglish
          2•5 days ago

          The US fostered this and the EU was happy to accept it. It worked out reasonably well for everyone until about checks watch right now.

          The EU got to under fund and under prepare their military, and the US was effectively buying soft power and security around the world. It’s why the US able to basically unilaterally drag a coalition into Iraq.

      • JustinEnglish
        10•5 days ago

        This makes no sense.

        When did European leaders ever say that the US should put boots on the ground in Ukraine?