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To: Les H who wrote (46158)	6/5/2025 1:06:45 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 49333

As Larry Wilkerson points out, Trump is acting chastened, and I put more emphasis on “acting” that Johnson does. From his post: Here is what I think really happened… Lavrov, at the direction of Vladimir Putin, called Rubio to deliver a stern message and a warning to President Trump….the Russian government was prepared to take strong action because the attack on the airfields represented a direct threat to Russia’s nuclear capabilities… Russia is going to punish Ukraine and any countries that provided assistance, whether materiel or intelligence, to this act of war. The next day, June 2nd, Russia’s lead negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, met with Ukraine’s Defense Minister, Rustem Enverovych Umerov, in advance of the formal meeting between the delegations of the two countries. Medinsky delivered an ultimatum to Umerov, i.e., this is your last chance to accept this deal or face worse consequences. Trump was uncharacteristically silent on social media on Monday and Tuesday. I believe that he was alarmed by Lavrov’s message… We got our first clue on Tuesday, when Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced he would not attend the June 4 meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG). Secretary Hegseth’s absence from the June 4, 2025, meeting in Brussels marked the first time a US defense chief did not participate in a UDCG session. Hegseth did not attend the previous gathering in person, but he did make a Zoom appearance This may also explain the odd appearance of a lead Bloomberg story on June 4, Exclusive: US Said to Deny Air Cover to Europe Force in Postwar Ukraine, Its opening paragraphs: The US is refusing to provide air defenses to back the “reassurance force” the UK and France are planning in a postwar Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted a US so-called backstop is essential to deter Russia from breaching any future ceasefire deal. But European allies have concluded during discussions with their American counterparts that President Donald Trump won’t provide the guarantees they have sought to back the Europe-led ‘coalition of the willing,’ according to the people, who requested anonymity disclosing private discussions. Mind you, the US has already said no to this sort of entreaty. So why has this come up again? It appears that these EU leaders went again to the US, hoping that the drone attacks had been enough of a demonstration of Russian weakness so as to persuade Trump to change his mind. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/06/john-helmer-putin-hits-pause-button-on-oreshnik-level-retaliation-for-ukraine-strike-on-russian-nuclear-deterrence-assets.html