Trump triggers emergency meeting in Europe: 'Status quo vs. disruption' (youtube.com)
US has ‘signalled that Europe will not be included in the negotiations.’
If the Europeans got to that table (in Saudi Arabia, the fist meeting), like they want, what would they try to do there?
‘We are not at the table, so what can we bring to the table?’ They're seen as ‘begging’ according to one analyst.
Europe might change tactic, since US and Russia are now negotiating a settlement without them.
Sweden said it would be willing to send peacekeeping soldiers to Ukraine.
Might have 100k European troops on a border between Russian and Ukrainian Ukraine. European leaders had avoided talking about numbers of troops for years.
US goes into a room, without any plan, make a big splash, confuse everyone to the maximum, and then see how people react. And that completely worked, Europeans running around. Russians playing it ‘very cool.’
End of complacency for Europe? or just a bump on Complacency Road?