James Menendez

We need to make our own offer in terms of, you know, this coalition of the willing, of more European countries that are willing to try and deploy their own military forces in principle to guarantee Ukraine's security after some kind of a ceasefire, so that they can take that to the Americans and say, look, this is what we Europeans are prepared to do.

But we need that, as the Prime Minister said, to come with an American military backstop too. And I think that's the aim, is to get the Americans back on track to that sort of discussion. Because Both in his talks with Mr. Macron and Sir Keir Starmer last week, the U.S. president made it very clear at the moment that he's very reluctant to get involved in talking about a U.S. military backstop.

But we need that, as the Prime Minister said, to come with an American military backstop too. And I think that's the aim, is to get the Americans back on track to that sort of discussion. Because Both in his talks with Mr. Macron and Sir Keir Starmer last week, the U.S. president made it very clear at the moment that he's very reluctant to get involved in talking about a U.S. military backstop.

No, I think he genuinely believes that the Americans are still biddable on this. That's not a position held by everybody simply because of the scale of the situation. the antipathy expressed towards President Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday night. But clearly, you know, Mr. Sikistama has said explicitly in terms today that he trusts the

No, I think he genuinely believes that the Americans are still biddable on this. That's not a position held by everybody simply because of the scale of the situation. the antipathy expressed towards President Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday night. But clearly, you know, Mr. Sikistama has said explicitly in terms today that he trusts the

Mr. Trump's motives, that Mr. Trump, in his view, is still determined to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. Again, that is not an analysis shared by everybody. Others think that Mr. Trump is too trusting of Mr. Putin, that he's too willing to agree a rushed ceasefire that will not endure, that is to Russia's favor and not in Ukraine's favor.

Mr. Trump's motives, that Mr. Trump, in his view, is still determined to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. Again, that is not an analysis shared by everybody. Others think that Mr. Trump is too trusting of Mr. Putin, that he's too willing to agree a rushed ceasefire that will not endure, that is to Russia's favor and not in Ukraine's favor.

But at the moment, what we've seen today is the Europeans saying, we still think we can get the Americans back on side and get a united position on this. So there's an element of optimism about that. We still don't know whether or not that is going to work.

But at the moment, what we've seen today is the Europeans saying, we still think we can get the Americans back on side and get a united position on this. So there's an element of optimism about that. We still don't know whether or not that is going to work.

Yeah, I think Mr. Kirsten was very clear that he wasn't going to make announcements on behalf of other countries. So I think there'll be other countries that will announce that they will join this coalition of the willing, that they'll be willing to put some kind of military chips onto the table as part of a security guarantee going forward.

Yeah, I think Mr. Kirsten was very clear that he wasn't going to make announcements on behalf of other countries. So I think there'll be other countries that will announce that they will join this coalition of the willing, that they'll be willing to put some kind of military chips onto the table as part of a security guarantee going forward.

I think there'll be other announcements about defence spending contributions. I spoke to the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, earlier this morning, and Finland has made announcements announcements about its own defense spending increases in recent days. So I think we'll see other decisions about that.

I think there'll be other announcements about defence spending contributions. I spoke to the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, earlier this morning, and Finland has made announcements announcements about its own defense spending increases in recent days. So I think we'll see other decisions about that.

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief, again hinted at the possibility of the Europeans, the European Union, relaxing some of its debt rules to allow extra spending on defense that are currently they can't do. So I think there will be an attempt to put forward something to the Americans saying, look, Europe is stepping up. Again, the question is, will that be enough?

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief, again hinted at the possibility of the Europeans, the European Union, relaxing some of its debt rules to allow extra spending on defense that are currently they can't do. So I think there will be an attempt to put forward something to the Americans saying, look, Europe is stepping up. Again, the question is, will that be enough?

Will it happen fast enough? And will it be enough to get the Americans and the Europeans back on the same page?

Will it happen fast enough? And will it be enough to get the Americans and the Europeans back on the same page?

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