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To: Les H who wrote (45145)	2/28/2025 3:33:14 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 49065

Trump dodges plea from Britain's Starmer for Ukraine security guarantee By Jeff Mason, Elizabeth Piper and Trevor Hunnicutt February 27, 20257:33 PM EST Before the meeting, Starmer had said there could be no long-term peace in Ukraine without firm U.S. security guarantees - an argument Trump all but dismissed. "We are a backstop because we'll be over there, we'll be working," as a result of the economic partnership, Trump said. "We're going to have a lot of people over there." Starmer has signaled that Britain will increase defense spending and tried to reassure the U.S. president that Europe will provide support and security guarantees to Kyiv if peace talks with Russia are successful. On Thursday, Trump reaffirmed the United States' long commitments to the mutual defense of NATO nations even if European peacekeepers end up in Ukraine, saying "I support it. I don't think we're going to have any reason for it." Putin on Thursday warned "Western elites" against trying to sabotage rapprochement between Russia and the U.S., saying Moscow would use its diplomats and intelligence services to thwart such efforts. The remarks were an apparent reference to the European Union and Britain. Starmer has said he is open to British troops providing security guarantees to Ukraine but only alongside other European nations and with "the right conditions in place." European countries are concerned about the high level of conflict in Ukraine now, the U.S. official said, while a ceasefire based on a strong political settlement would give them more comfort that their role is more about peacekeeping than deterring active conflict. Reuters Military wouldn't support providing NATO Article 5 guarantee for NATO soldiers on Ukrainian soil. They wouldn't under the Biden administration, and they wouldn't do it here ... unless Trump fumbles this one with contradictory statements. A proxy like Ukraine loses its value if the security of the United States is put at risk.