Trump Was Told By Europeans That His Ukraine Plan Needs Work
Antonio Costa, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Alexander Stubb in Johannesburg on Nov. 22.
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European leaders and other allies told the US that its peace plan for Ukraine needed “additional work,” in a rushed bid to try and slow walk a Trump administration determined to give concessions to Russia and impose terms by Thanksgiving.
They issued a statement at a Group of 20 summit in South Africa that President Donald Trump blew off but where many of them were headed when the controversial details of the 28 point-peace plan were leaked. The US set a Thursday ultimatum yet Trump indicated in an NBC interview that this wasn’t his “final offer,” hinting at some flexibility on timing.