The head of NATO on Monday praised President Trump for adopting the initiative to end the war in Ukraine. And then he knocked Europe to “slam” rather than “act together.”
NATO executive director Mark Latte, 58, known as the “Trump Whisperer,” has emphasized the importance of American leaders to end Russia's Ukrainian war, and European countries have stepped up to this end. It suggested that it was beginning to upload.
“I have great faith in the American team that gives these talks. Ukraine will be part of those talks, no doubt,” Latte said. Fox News told The Story.
“Europe wants to have a place at the table. Well, I told them, I'll come up with concrete suggestions and fight myself on the road to the table. That's going on now,” he said, “but I'm not going to do anything.” said.
“I absolutely reject that criticism of President Trump's initiative. I think he's right to end this war, and here we need American leadership.”
NATO allies and the European Union discussed at Germany's Munich Security Conference over the weekend to discuss the pressing issues of foreign policy, including Trump's push to end the war in Ukraine.
Latte, the former Dutch prime minister who took the reins of NATO last year, has noticed European concerns that he will not be “sitting at the table” during negotiations.
“What I said to a Munich European at this famous security conference was for the past few days to 'stop complaining, start acting, and do your actions together,'” Latte said. I said that.
Last week, Trump made separate calls with Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the war.
He showed that US officials will meet with their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss the path to end the bloodshed. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already landed in Saudi Arabia for these consultations.
“I was a bit disappointed last week when the Europeans said, 'Hey, we have to be at the table too.' And then, “Why are we not there?” said Latte. “now [they are] Truly start a dialogue and strategize how they can support their peace efforts. ”
Now, officials say, “We are working to launch some of the details of the potential peace agreement, including what security guarantees would look like if the US doesn't have boots on the ground.
Trump took retired General Keith Kellogg to oversee negotiations as a special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
Last week he sent Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent to meet Zelensky, pushing for American access to Kiev's vast mineral reserves.
Ukrainian mineral resources will be used to help legislation step into the legislation for US military assistance to war-torn allies. However, Ukrainian leaders have refused to push Trump forward half of his country's reserves.
The president told reporters over the weekend that he believes Putin “want to stop” the war and that he has no intention of seizing everything in Ukraine.
“That was my question for him, because if he continued, it was a big problem for us,” he said. “Because you can't make it happen. He wants to finish it, and they want it to finish quickly.”
During the weekend of Munich's security conference, Vice President JD Vance digs in Europe, digging in, as his leaders draw their weight to erode their country's freedom of speech and strengthen freedom around the world. He accused him of not being able to do so.
“The threat I most worry about Europe is not Russia, not China, nor other outside actors. What I'm worried about is the threat from within, some of its most fundamental values. It's a European setback,” Vance told European leaders on Friday.
Last week in Warsaw, Poland, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses similarly notified US European allies.
“Five, 10, 15 years from now are part of a larger discussion that reflects the threat levels, the American attitude, and our needs around the world, but most importantly, European countries will step up It's the ability to get up,” Hegses said.
“That's why our message is so harsh for our European allies. Now is the time to invest because we can't assume that America will last forever.”
