White House Reportedly Frustrated with Europeans over Ukraine
Sept. 1—In an Aug. 30 article, Axios reports that the Trump White House is growing wary of its European allies who want to continue the war in Ukraine. The article states: “Senior White House officials believe some European leaders are publicly supporting President Trump’s effort to end the war in Ukraine, while quietly trying to undo behind-the-scenes progress since the Alaska summit.” The Europeans, claims Axios, “are pushing Ukraine to hold out for unrealistic territorial concessions by Russia.”
“The Europeans don’t get to prolong this war and backdoor unreasonable expectations, while also expecting America to bear the cost,” a top White House official told Axios. “If Europe wants to escalate this war, that will be up to them. But they will be hopelessly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” The official also told Axios that “some of the Europeans continue to operate in a fairy-tale land that ignores the fact it takes two to tango.”
Russian envoy and lead negotiator Kirill Dmitriev commented on the news: “JUST IN: Even Washington now sees it—EU leaders are prolonging the conflict in Ukraine with impossible demands. EU should stop sabotaging a real peace process. EU should drop Biden’s failed logic. EU should choose diplomacy, not false narratives.”
His sentiment was echoed by Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, who wrote on X on Aug. 30: “At today’s EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen it became clear that Brussels and most member states are preparing for a long war, not peace. They want to send tens of billions of euros to Ukraine for soldiers’ salaries, drones, weapons, and the operation of the Ukrainian state. There was huge pressure for the fast-tracked EU accession of Ukraine, new sanctions on Russian energy, and €6B more from the European Peace Facility to arm Ukraine.”
Meanwhile, the NATO leadership continues to urge their puppet Zelenskyy to refuse accept the demand that Ukraine agree to not join NATO, despite the fact that Putin had told Trump that this is a dealbreaker.