Summary
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned that forcing Ukraine into an unfair peace deal would lead to more war, rejecting any agreement that concedes territory to Russia without security guarantees.
She urged Europe to pressure the U.S. to support its NATO allies. Meanwhile, Trump dismissed Zelensky’s role in peace talks, claiming Ukraine has “no cards” to negotiate.
U.S.-Ukraine relations remain strained, though some American officials signaled continued support.
Trump’s team insists Zelensky will eventually accept a U.S. rare earth mineral deal despite Kyiv’s current resistance.
Probably ‘extortion’. What has Ukraine done ‘bad (ethically wrong) enough to merit blackmail’?
No one will accept a deal with the US for the next 20 years. Zelensky would get a better outcome if he made a pact with the actual Devil than with those bozzos in DC.
I say this as a US citizen, for AT LEAST the next four years, do not rely on the US for ANYTHING. Even if Trump says you can count on the US, even if he signs a contract in blood, it isn’t worth even wiping your shit with.
He will give everything to Putin. That’s the only thing you can count on.
It’s time for a different superpower to pick up the reins or ascend. The EU can become that, but they really need to stop pretending the US is going to do anything for them.
China has been working toward that superpower status for some time. They’re a lot more ambitious than the leaders in the EU and much more brazen.
I would say they’ve had superpower status since the 1950s, since the wars in Korea and Vietnam.
Nukes are cool and all but wouldn’t a super power at least need some over seas power projection like aircraft carriers? I’d say China has been, and still is a regional power albeit rising
Y’all willing to give us a couple hand me down super carriers?
The rest of the world will pick up the torch, it’s just going to be a long time before we can replace the US due to how large and how stable it’s been in the past. No one really expects an ally to flip the table, of a game they’re winning at, for the lulz.
Ukraine should immediately start surface testing nuclear weapons.
Ukraine does not have nuclear weapons. They gave them up for peace…
But they have the capability right? Truly if they wanted to have a nuke I’m positive they could build one.
The stuff you need to make this sort of thing isn’t off the shelf, they would have to buy or build a shitload of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_centrifuge
and its not cheap, these are just maintenance cost (and upgrades)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Ukraine’s gdp is around 170 billion, so it isn’t really something they could afford to just crank up.
On a personal note, I hope we as a species never fire another one of these weapons ever again.
While the nuclear weapons where physically present on Ukraine soil, the country did not have operational control over them.
Good. Call it what it is.
