Tedesco FM Baerbock e segretario del Regno Unito Lammy: l’adesione alla NATO dell’Ucraina è irreversibile

Here’s my 2 cts, for what they are worth. Trump is trying, unilaterally (screw Ukraine, screw Europe, screw NATO) a **carrot and stick** approach with Putin; phoning him directly. Trump is convinced (since 1987 ?) that he is the Supreme Master of THE ART OF THE DEAL. And thus he is going directly to Putin, self-convinced he can broker a deal to end that war. (sure, dude, and if my gradma had wheels, I’d call her a wagon. But hey, that’s Trump magical land we are talking about !)

Now, make no mistake: Putin being Putin and Trump being Trump, there is no chance in hell the present approach works. Both are fanatical, arrogant dickheads.

One could easily make a list of Trump “carrots” and “sticks” toward Putin.

“carrots” : no NATO, frozen frontline, screw Ukraine and Europe unilaterally.

“sticks” : more military help to Ukraine; sending US troops if no deal; more sanctions.

Note that Trump also has a “carrot” for Ukraine: the rare earths.

It is a big historical event so I’m not surprised no-one seems to grasp it yet, but NATO is stone dead, they should take the flag down. The US just said that they have no interest in defending Europe. That’s no US nuclear umbrella for eastern Europe, no nothing. The sooner European countries get their arse in gear and put together a combined European armed forces the better.
Ukraine needs to forget NATO, forget trading natural resources to the USA and forget giving them lucrative rebuilding contracts.
Ukraine should become the nucleus of a European armed forces, with a Anglo French nuclear umbrella with units parked in the black sea.
Europe should start by delegating someone all the powers necessary to requisition, conscript and command all the forces they need from any European country to resolve the Russian threat. Start making meaningful moves like that and the Russians will immediately back off.