After an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky that turned into an argument in front of the press, several leaders of NATO nations made public statements in support of the Ukrainian leader.
On Friday, Zelensky traveled to the US to meet with Trump and was expected to sign a mineral deal. Trump said that deal would allow for aid to continue to flow to Kiev. However, during a press conference before the deal was signed, an argument erupted.
Following the presser, Trump expelled Zelensky from the White House, and posted on Truth Social that the deal was off. “I have determined that President Zelensky is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE,” he wrote.
The feud between Trump and Zelensky prompted most leaders of NATO countries to voice support for Ukraine. Nataša Pirc Musar, the President of Slovenia, posted on X, “What we witnessed in the Oval Office today undermines these values and the foundations of diplomacy. We stand firmly in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty.”
Other leaders who publicly restated their commitment to supporting Ukraine following the meeting included French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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— Dave DeCamp (@DecampDave) March 1, 2025
Trump did receive support from one NATO leader. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, “Strong men make peace, weak men make war. Today President [Trump] stood bravely for peace. Even if it was difficult for many to digest. Thank you, Mr. President!”
Before Trump met with Zelensky, the civilian head of the North Atlantic alliance announced that members of the bloc were preparing billions in aid to send to Ukraine. Additionally, some allies are considering providing Ukraine with security guarantees.
In a post on X, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wrote, “On Ukraine, Allies are preparing billions more in aid + contributions to security guarantees.” Kiev maybe in desperate need of military support. Following Friday’s heated exchange, Trump is considering ending all military support for Ukraine, including intelligence and training.
Rutte said he spoke with the President in his post Thursday. “US & NATO are getting stronger. NATO Allies are moving quickly to invest more in defense. Big increases announced & others to follow,” he wrote.
Some members of the bloc, including Germany, are concerned that Trump intends to withdraw from the alliance, leaving the Europeans fearing they will be responsible for their own security.
Before he returned to the White House in January, Trump called on members of NATO to boost spending on defense to 5% of the country’s GDP, more than doubling the current requirement of 2% that some member states do not reach.
Rutte’s call to significantly increase the bloc’s military spending could be an effort to keep Washington firmly committed to NATO while Trump remains in the White House. When the members elected Rutte to the Secretary General’s role last year, it was because the bloc believed that Rutte would be able to effectively pressure Trump not to break from NATO or end support for the proxy war in Ukraine.
If Europe moves forward with a large arms transfer to Kiev, it could interfere with Trump’s negotiations with Putin to end the war. Additionally, NATO member states voicing support for Zelensky following the argument with Trump, could invoke the president’s ire. Trump often expresses that the US subsidizes too much of Europe’s defense.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com and news editor of the Libertarian Institute. He hosts The Kyle Anzalone Show and is co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Connor Freeman.
Wouldn't it be great if the USA pulls out from NATO? That would simplify everything a lot… but good luck with US support for Israel after that, those US bases in Europe are all technically NATO bases after all.
As far as i am concerned a lot of hypocritical war games. So, Trump and Trump supporters want "Not a dime more or any more weapons to Ukraine", yet Mike Johnson just increased the money and bombs supply to Israel.
They don't give out half medals or half Nobel Peace Prices. At least not yet, unless Trump demands it.
Kicked out of the White House, he goes to cry on Starmer's shoulder: "Boohoohoo, they'll depose me if the war ends, give me money! Give me money!" And he's promptly given £2.6 billion to make sure the carnage continues. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dcc6527b6011b4e2be2755d991314ea53905a5065da4bd09c0567e910a73da05.jpg
That was just for Zelensky’s pending retirement fund. Or, maybe, state funeral and monument?
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Zelensky's approval rating is now double Trump's approval rating.
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And what will that do?
Win the war? Bring peace? No.
Ukraine is done. Zelensky is done.
And what will you do?
Cheer for Putin? Condemn the ICC? Yes.
Trump is dumb. You are dumb.
Instead of mindless rhetoric, read the question and answer it.
”And what will that do?”
I already helped you out before and even gave you the answer, “nothing”
Now, put on your big-boy pants and try answering the question all by yourself. We’re all rooting for you and know you can do it!
Sounds like someone’s having a real hard day with all the hissy-fits. Don’t worry, it’ll get better for you.
Instead of mindless rhetoric, read the question and answer it.
”And what will that do?”
I already helped you out before and even gave you the answer, “nothing”
Now, put on your big-boy pants and try answering the question all by yourself. We’re all rooting for you and know you can do it!
Sounds like someone’s having a real hard day with all the hissy-fits. Don’t worry, it’ll get better for you.
Instead of clueless Kremlin rhetoric, try spreading some facts.
Sounds like someone is afraid of the truth.
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Nothing to worry about … Lithuania just announced that they are increasing their "defense" spending to 6% … that should put the fear of God into Putin if anything will.
Oh yeah!
Ah yes, brave Slovenia, the “mountain Croatians” as one dear strong leader of Croatia once said, their army of 100 soldiers will valiantly defend Ukraine to the last man!
With What Money…? The Frozen Russian assets…!
The rating of those European leaders who are united against Trump is extremely low. So, on one side we have Trump and majority of EU citizens, and on other side we have pro-neocon, pro-Nazi and anti-Christian forces on both sides of Atlantic.
On one side we have the pro-Nazi, anti-Christian Trump and his billionaire oligarchs, on the other side we have strong European support for Zelensky by the majority of EU countries and citizens.
Perfect. They can form a EU coalition of the willing and go to war with Russia in Ukraine.
Let’s see how that will work out for them.
Europe has been neutered by the US and this was done by design.
Trump's support of Russia has only strengthened Europe's resolve to help Ukraine against a fascist war criminal.
You have been neutered by Trump and you're willing to kiss Putin's ass.
😂
Sure, let’s see the strength of EU resolve.
Let’s see that really, really, really strong army of UK, France and Germany have a go at this one. Or maybe Poland who’s been flaunting its anti-Russian sentiment for centuries will tackle Russia. Better yet, let’s get the almost-as-vocal Baltic states?
Nope! Not gonna happen.
Respectfully, you are full of $hit, as is anyone who ever resorts to namecalling and the same old recycled rhetoric and pedestrian wordplay that you peddle.
With that said, get used to Ukraine being done as well as Zelensky. The US installed a government that clearly failed. Hopefully, the US will ‘assist’ another change of leadership in Ukraine that will bring peace.
In the meantime, Russia will continue to dissect and consume Ukraine one bite at a time.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock…….
Sure, you kiss Putin's ass, because you love the taste of shit on your forked tongue.
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Oh my, you’re getting poetic now.
Keep churning your uninformed drivel.
Makes for great internet entertainment!
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And just in……..
US aid to Ukraine halted.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock…..
Breaking News:
More governments pledge to join UK and France in sending peacekeepers to Ukraine.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-leaders-pledge-increase-defense-spending-nato-mark-rutte-keir-starmer-london-summit/
Please tell us exactly how these peacekeepers will end up on Ukrainian soil?
Do you really think Putin gives a fuck what Starmer and Macron pledge?
Seem to recall BoJo really helping Zelensky with peace back in April 2022.
Empty pockets, empty promises.
And remember, Putin is not negotiating anything with the UK, France or Germany.
Europe has no resolve, and, more importantly, no constitution.
UK gov’t?
French gov’t
German gov’t
😂
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After the explosive confrontation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Europe has decisively shifted its stance. European leaders are rallying behind Ukraine, marking a clear break from the U.S. and declaring a new era of leadership. With powerful statements of support for Zelensky, Europe is stepping up its role in global affairs, signaling a dramatic shift in international power dynamics. This unprecedented moment in geopolitics is reshaping the future of the transatlantic alliance.
chiwawas yapping.
President Trump told Zelensky not to return to Washington until the Ukrainian president acknowledges peace is needed. Are the European leaders encouraging the same policy with Zelensky today in London?
If not, then the Europeans are discussing a war-footing regimen with their fellow cocaine addict. We should have a definitive policy statement from the EU's Ursula von der Leyen by 3:00 p.m. Pacific time when markets open in Asia.
The Russians are anticipating Zelensky's resignation announcement from London. Lacking that, nothing else will move the meter toward peace.
Wasn't WW2 fought to eliminate this fascist filth? How is it that they are EU functionaries openly propagating nazi idealism?
Best wishes to you Kyle Anzalone and http://AntiWar.com .
I see this deliberate SHOCK humiliation of the used up now completely democratically illegitimate and tyrannical proxy war regime leader Zelensky in a deliberately LIVE event broadcast of a dramatic Oval office click bait 'Showdown' by Trump, Vance and seemingly the whole USA cabinet, barking at him, as if ganging up on him and threatening to now shamelessly rape Ukraine's resources, this emotive staged show is to get Europeans to feel a bit of vulnerable fear of been abandoned by an uncaring USA leadership and consequently provoking a new sympathy in Europe for USA poor mistreated puppet Zelensky to continue. So that Europe again, against it's own interests will not support peaceful settlement of USA's Ukraine proxy war, but will support the USA's insidious corrupting instrument NATO in it's new drive to get Europe to continue the theatre of war with Russia for the USA and increase European governments military spending to 5% of GDP in the middle of the huge cost of energy and living crisis already foisted onto Europe's people by USA's creation of the Ukraine civil proxy war against Russia.
USA is not abandoning Europe or ending NATO, we in Europe should be so lucky to finally escape from the empire's claws, but USA is just getting Europe to pay even more to support NATOs increase in militarization risks and costs so NATO can more usefully serve USA empire at less expense to the empire. That is why USA weakened Europe through the USA instigated Ukraine Coup and proxy war against Russia, to weaken Europe so it can bully it into even deeper subservience against Europe's own sovereign prosperity and security interests.
USA deliberately left Europe and NATO out of talks with Russia so it would create, like with a child, the desire in Europe to be included and to feel it is asserting itself and empowered again by taking on the full costs of re-commitment to the already lost and always doomed USA engineered disastrous civil proxy war dividing Ukraine against Russia.
Europe is been cynically provoked into feeling and continuing to serve exactly what USA empire through Trump now wants them to feel and do, the Trump team declared it last week in Munich where it humiliated Europe, as if USA has been paying the costs instead of profiteering from the war, and it wants Europe to continue to own the costs of continuing the already lost Ukraine proxy war to keep Russia occupied and divided from it's natural previously prosperous economic, security and resource trade relationship with Europe. It is precisely that prosperous Europe/Russia relationship that USA's 'Full Spectrum Dominance' empire wanted to divide and weaken, which is why USA instigated the whole conflict with Russia through engineering the 2014 Ukraine coup to ethnically divide Ukraine, to provoke Russia and then successfully divide Europe from it's prosperous peaceful trade and resource relationship with Russia.
USA empire now wants Europe to pay the costs of maintaining USA's proxy war with Russia so that USA empire's resources will now be free to begin it's long planned next proxy war of global peril and doom against China, by getting Taiwan proxy leaders to declare Taiwan independence split from China, enraging China and then USA will 'Support' Taiwan by using USA's navy all around the world which it has been converting to be ready to attack and terrorize global Chinese trade shipping. That is why USA is ending it's Chinese trade reliance, with tariffs on China, because it's oligarch run global military empire wants to have this next proxy war with China. Until it hopes the world will surrender all sovereignty and economic prosperity and submit to USA's oligarch run empire running it's dollar scam and corporate monopolies desire for ownership over the whole world and we all work to enrich USA's 1% oligarchy.
It is an unacceptable, doomed plan but that is what Europe's further coiling into support for NATO and European's continuing to own costs and insecurity of maintaining and possibly further escalating Ukraine proxy war with Russia are helping USA empire pursue. USA's permanent undemocratic duopoly is tricking Europeans into further supporting this section of USA empire's global war for an impossible and unjust unipolar USA world dominion, against the interests of ordinary European's and Ukrainians and Russians and wider world's people's security, prosperity, environmental sustainability and peace.
Trump's showdown humiliation of Zelensky is a crude manipulative hype show to help Europe's unpopular vassalized pro USA/Ukraine proxy war leaders to further bully Europe's publics into the ever rising paralyzing costs and insecurity of continuing and even escalating this doomed SELF DEFEATING dangerous proxy war for USA empire against Russia!
Remember the way USA empire's pursuit of Full Spectrum Dominance works is to divide, weaken and rule all other prosperous regions including so called allies like Europe, and USA empire has succeeded in this dividing and weakening of Europe into subservience the most through it's overthrow in 2014 of Ukraine's multi ethnic democracy and it's installation of the pro USA ethno-nationalist proxy regime to who's purpose was to divide and rule Ukraine, lead it into ethnic civil war to predictably escalate then into proxy war against Russia and so to divide Europe and Russia's previously hugely prosperous resource and trade relationship that had been economically secure enough to compete against USA's corporate monopolies, so the European Russian relationship was an enemy of USA's dominance and was so deliberately sabotaged, divided and ruined to rule.
Against Europe's own interests, USA's previous emperor has already succeeded in leading Europe to do this and now the latest USA emperor is trying to shock and manipulate Europe emotively so that it will further serve USA empire and self defeat and weaken it's self in continuing a doomed Ukraine proxy war death march against Europe's former prosperous, secure and peaceful relationship with Russia. Europe is been mislead yet again by USA and it's NATO into a further disastrous self defeating weakness of conflict with Russia, to continue serving as part of the USA empire tyranny's desired global war for full spectrum dominance.
We need peace in Ukraine Russia, Peace with China. Peace in Palestine and middle east, Africa, South America. Europe needs to have it's own peaceful foreign policy, non aligned with USA, NATO is an instrument of USA empire, it is illegitimate sabotage of European sovereign best interests, NATO must end, Europe must be sovereign and pursue peace and security not through military arms races, but through peaceful prosperity in mutual interest relationships with the wider world, without USA interference.
Best wishes from Antonio in Ireland, Slainte!
Senator Lindsey Graham disavows Zelinskyy: https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1895883813223354871 When you
Graham had to choose whose ass he was going to continue to kiss. Nothing more.
Well worth 2 minutes of your time: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1896254472965534055