The US President continues to pressure Kyiv to end the war. The decision puts the US at odds with his European allies, who have pledged to support Ukraine with further aid.
Zelenskyy was bold in standing up against a superpower knowing bigger stakes needed bigger bargains and he seemingly fell flat on that front. But there are no free lunches.
‘Peace is not just the absence of war,’ says Ukraine's Zelenskyy, quoting Reagan who Trump in 2017 called his ‘favourite’ president. European leaders rallied behind Ukraine after televised spat.
It was a public dressing down of Zelenskyy, in which Trump and Vance seemed to be reprimanding the Ukrainian president for being reckless and ungrateful.
Trump presented the agreement, the details of which remain unknown, as a way for the US to recoup some of the aid sent to Ukraine over the course of the three-year war.
Leaders of US and Ukraine have been exchanging stinging rebukes of one another after Trump blamed Ukraine for starting war with Russia. Zelenskyy hit out at him for living in ‘disinformation bubble’.
In an impassioned speech to the annual Munich Security Conference of global policymakers, Zelenskiy warned European leaders that their countries could be next to face a Russian attack.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Kudos to President Trump for keeping true to his promises.
The American taxpayer has been exploited for far too long. He has been used and abused by the “allies” of the USA over the last several decades.
The USA must not bankroll Ukraine or any other country any more. Let the other NATO nations take care of the situation in Ukraine. Let Germany (the richest European nation) finance the war effort while UK and France (with excellent military reputation) can put boots on the ground.
To quote S Jaishankar’s famous line – “Europe must not think that Europe’s problems are the world’s problem”.
Kudos to President Trump for keeping true to his promises.
The American taxpayer has been exploited for far too long. He has been used and abused by the “allies” of the USA over the last several decades.
The USA must not bankroll Ukraine or any other country any more. Let the other NATO nations take care of the situation in Ukraine. Let Germany (the richest European nation) finance the war effort while UK and France (with excellent military reputation) can put boots on the ground.
To quote S Jaishankar’s famous line – “Europe must not think that Europe’s problems are the world’s problem”.