Some aides to US President Donald Trump are unhappy with Europe’s efforts to strengthen Ukraine.

Summary

The Economist lists a number of steps taken by the Trump administration that confirm the US withdrawal of support for Ukraine – from withdrawing the military from the key base in Rzeszow and reducing its presence in the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein Format) to imposing a basic 10% tariff on Ukraine (while nothing of the kind has been imposed on Russia).

Diplomats in Washington also report that some Trump aides privately say they are “fed up” with Europe’s efforts.

“As always with such a chaotic administration, it is hard to distinguish the true signal from the noise,” the newspaper notes.

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
    101·
    2 days ago

    Normalize calling it “the Republican administration”. It’s not just one person it’s a fetid mass of enablers.

    And let them be upset. What are they going to do: withdraw support and start an ill-advised trade war? That’s already happened. That’s what being “a friend” of the US gets you.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      72·
      2 days ago

      The Republican regime.

      It’s a regime. It’s adopting a behavior and format that we’ve seen before in other places. One of those places was Germany during the 1930s and 40s, and the regime started with “N” and ended with “azi” (or if you want to be more formal about it, ended with “ationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei”).

      But there’s also notes of Khmer Rouge on the back of the palate, considered how firmly anti-intellectual our regime is now, and how they’re attacking (figuratively, but I expect literally at some point, after the insurrection act gets invoked against “gang members”, considering orangeboi’s temperment and Gorka’s commentary from a day or two ago).