Diplomats and officials react with outrage to new details of the U.S. peace plan, warning it could wreck their efforts to help Ukraine survive the war.

Donald Trump has hurled a wrench into one of the most sensitive negotiations currently under way in Europe, potentially derailing efforts to help fund Ukraine to stay in the fight against Russia.

For months European Union officials have been trying — and failing — to work out a way to use around €140 billion of immobilized Russian state assets held largely in Belgium to support Kyiv’s war effort. The cash is desperately needed as Ukraine is at risk of running out of money early next year.

Talks in Brussels are now at an extremely delicate stage, diplomats said, as top officials try to finesse a legal text that would enable the frozen funds to be used for a loan to the Ukrainian government.

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[–] 45 points 11 months ago (1 child)

But the United States’ new 28-point blueprint for a ceasefire includes a rival idea for using those same assets for American-led reconstruction efforts once a truce has been agreed. The U.S. would take “50 percent” of the profit from this activity, the document said.

The mf'er is now trying to steal from the world. And I keep hoping somebody -- or anybody -- will shut him down ... but nobody is.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Sounds like the EU should do something.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago

    The money is in Belgium, he has no access to it.

    The answer is simply: No.

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I feel this is where the coalition of the willing as the dubbed it, need to step up and say "fuck this", find a solution for the frozen assets, establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine and put the US under pressure to stop being a little bitch and continue the intel support.

    That being said, without US sanctions and support this would become exponentially harder to do.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    I'll bet that this brainfart originated with Trump, and he has some idea of how to get a rake-off from it.

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    The world needs to put the orange fuckwit in his place.

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