The United States is not betraying Europe. This is what the US Secretary of Defense said at the second Brussels meeting on Ukraine.
In his response, Pete Hegseth said that Europe must be responsible for its own fate in the face of Putin's military machine.
"When it comes to defense spending, even 2% of GDP is not enough. Three and four and, ultimately, as the president has said, 5% of defense spending is critical, a realization as there is a Russian war machine that is intent on taking more and more land in Ukraine. And standing against that is an important course for the United States, just as it has been an important time for the United States."
My role as a representative of the United States is to speak realistically about the course of that conflict. And I think you saw that yesterday from President Trump, who himself is the best negotiator on the planet, bringing the two sides together to find a negotiated peace. There is no betrayal here.
"There is a recognition that the whole world and the United States are invested and interested in peace, a negotiated peace, as Trump has said, stopping the killing. And so that will require both sides to recognize the things they don't want. That's why I think the world is fortunate at this moment, the powers that be will bring peace and that's a welcome sign," the secretary said. (A2 Televizion)
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