Following the collapse of the accords, and the escalation of the conflict in 2022, European and Ukrainian leaders admitted that the agreements were a ruse to enable Ukraine to buy time to prepare for a war with Russia. The report then devolves into a lengthy complaint about how Trump is bailing on the core tenets of this order: “multilateral cooperation, international institutions, and the international rule of law,” “the promotion of liberal-democratic values,” and “the prohibition of the threat or use of force against other states.” In the year since Vance’s speech, Trump has opened talks with Moscow without European involvement, unilaterally ordered the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, imposed a humiliatingly one-sided trade deal on the EU, and threatened the bloc’s members with tariffs if they oppose his planned annexation of Greenland.
Author: RT
Published at: 2026-02-10 21:00:08
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