U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/42274957

Lawmakers critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual proposal offering Washington’s positions.

A State Department spokesperson denied their account, calling it “blatantly false.”

Rubio himself then took the extraordinary step of suggesting online that the senators were mistaken, even though they said he was their source for the information. The secretary of state doubled down on the assertion that Washington was responsible for a proposal that had surprised many from the beginning for being so favorable to Moscow.

  • Tehbaz@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    41·
    1 day ago

    The EU and Ukraine need to tell Trump to fuck off. The US is contributing much less than the EU to Ukraine at this point anyway, and Ukraine are still managing to hold off Russias meat waves just fine. If US intelligence is cut off, they aren’t the only ones with satellites over Russia…

  • Commiejones@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Rubio doesn’t seem to get how war works. When there is a war the side that wins gets everything they want. I suppose its understandable that he’s confused since americans tell themselves they never lost a war but also never seem to achieve their objectives.