On Ukraine, the Europeans are once again doing a lot of talking. United in their determination to sabotage U.S. President Trump’s efforts to put an end to the continent’s bloodiest conflict in 80 years, the French, British, and Germans now want to convince the world that they will act as ‘guarantors’ of whatever peace deal Washington and Moscow end up negotiating by placing ‘deterrence’ military forces in the embattled country. That is a lie—there will be no European armies in Ukraine after the war, and keeping up the pretense is doing more harm than good. Europe’s best move would be to stop resisting Trump, admit it can’t shoulder Ukraine alone, and push for a bitter but necessary negotiated peace over endless war.
