Summary
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer reaffirmed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to NATO membership.
This stance contrasts with recent U.S. signals, where Donald Trump suggested potential concessions to Russia, including accepting Ukraine’s non-NATO status.
European leaders, including Emmanuel Macron, have criticized such concessions, insisting on Ukraine’s right to negotiate its future.
The UK also imposed new sanctions on Russian officials and entities.
Ukraine in, USA out, and let’s start bunkering up.
From what Zelensky said, it’s also Germany and Hungary that aren’t on board.
Hungary is Orban, right? European Trump? That makes sense. Why isn’t Germany onboard though?
You want the US, the world’s only super power, out of the defense treaty that protects these other countries from the very aggressive Russia? You think that’s a good idea? Ok buddy…
Yes.
The real question is whether they’ll still want in after the US is done with whatever it is they’re doing to it.
the real question is if the US will still be a NATO member by the end of this year
Would the US leave the NATO military bases in Europe? Because that would be huge and would reduce a lot the US military presence in Europe. And, with that, influence in Europe…
If Putin deems it necessary, Musk and Trump will do it.
It would still be better than no defensive pact.
Yeah, whatever Trump decides to do with the US membership, there’s nothing he can do about everyone else. He can pick
histhe US’ toys and leave, NATO will be weaker, but Europe will still want an alliance to defend themselves, even if Trump tries to pressure individual members.People claiming it’s dead are delusional.
It either ends with a NATO allied Ukraine or a nuclear armed Ukraine, the only language dictators like Putin understand is violence or the threat of violence.
Couldn’t EU and other countries form their own defense pact with whoever they want? What makes them specifically need to be in nato?
Probably, but it would be a lot of bickering first.
The geopolitical theater unfolds like a poorly scripted drama where everyone’s reading from different pages. Starmer’s “irreversible path” rhetoric reeks of reheated platitudes served cold—comfort food for a conflict that’s entering its fourth year of stalemate. Meanwhile, Trump casually redraws borders over brunch with Putin, reducing sovereignty to a bargaining chip. The transatlantic alliance isn’t crumbling; it’s reverting to its natural state of transactional pragmatism.
Boris Johnson’s GB News cameo as the voice of reason? A surreal twist even Kafka would reject. His “headless chicken-ism” quip about Europe perfectly encapsulates the West’s strategic dissonance—flapping wings masking the absence of flight. Macron’s “no capitulation” stance echoes like a man shouting into a hurricane of realpolitik.
The UK’s latest sanctions package targets mid-tier bureaucrats and Rosatom subsidiaries—symbolic gestures in a game of thermonuclear chess. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy circles the Munich Security Conference circuit, the geopolitical equivalent of a street performer collecting coins from indifferent passersby.
This is going to piss off Russia something awful and escalate tensions big time.
Did Russia consider how much it would escalate tension in Europe when he invaded Ukraine?
I don’t really understand how people forget that Russia has the primary ability and responsibility of maintaining good relations with their neighbors.
Russia should have thought of that before they invaded in 2014 and invaded later again in 2022. Actions have consequences and Russia’s actions have been disastrous to Russians.