Europe wants America to fund the Ukraine war indefinitely, which costs us hundreds of billions of dollars while offering us no benefit.

Naturally, countries like Germany, that have howled about Putin being the next Hitler who must be stopped at all costs, are now flinching from the idea of doing anything themselves to keep the peace.
Charlie Kirk@charliekirk11 

But now that Trump has proposed a peace deal that would end the fighting, and be maintained by stationing European but not U.S. troops along the ceasefire line. 

Naturally, countries like Germany, that have howled about Putin being the next Hitler who must be stopped at all costs, are now flinching from the idea of doing anything themselves to keep the peace.

This is a continent of freeloaders. 

Torsten Prochnow@TorstenProchnow - Charlie Kirk is absolutely right. 

For years, European leaders—especially Germany—have screamed that Putin is the biggest threat since Hitler and that Ukraine must be defended “at all costs.” 

But the moment President Trump proposes a real solution—one that actually requires Europe to take responsibility—they suddenly aren’t so interested. 

Germany in particular has been one of the loudest voices demanding endless U.S. funding for Ukraine, yet it won’t even meet its own NATO defense commitments, let alone step up to secure peace...