French President Emmanuel Macron warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders during a phone call that Donald Trump could betray Ukraine.
A transcript of Monday's call to develop a defense strategy for Ukraine was published in a German newspaper. Mirror and published on Thursday. Macron, Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and other European leaders attended and discussed US efforts to negotiate an end to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
“There is a possibility that the United States will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees,” Macron said, noting that there is a “great danger” for Zelensky. German leader Merz also expressed his concerns, telling Zelensky that Trump's chosen negotiators, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, were “playing games with you and with us.”
While European leaders have expressed their concerns about America's Ukraine policy, this transcript is the clearest indication yet of how they view the Trump administration and its efforts. The Finnish president got along well with Trump in public, but still said: “We shouldn’t leave Ukraine and Vladimir alone with these guys,” referring to Vitkov and Kushner.
“I agree with Alexander that we need to protect Vladimir,” added NATO Secretary General Rutte.
Late last month, the Trump administration unveiled a 28-point peace plan to resolve what was believed to be a Russian conflict.wish list” and it turned out translation from Russian. Under the plan, Ukraine would give up significant territory, refrain from joining NATO and limit the size of its armed forces.
After Ukraine expressed its opinion, a new plan was unveiled with reduced by 19 points, to which Russia did not agree. But Europeans appear worried that Trump will cave in to Russia and abandon Ukraine. past eventswho can blame them?
