Swamp Notes: Trump ices Europe out of Ukraine peace plan

沼泽笔记:特朗普将欧洲排除在乌克兰和平计划之外

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2025-02-15

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Ukraine is dominating discussions at this year’s Munich Security Conference after a call between Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, which ended with the US president declaring that peace talks will start “immediately”. The FT’s Moscow bureau chief Max Seddon is on to discuss, alongside Keir Giles, author of the recent book Who Will Defend Europe? Mentioned in this podcast: Donald Trump opens the door to Vladimir Putin’s grandest ambitions EU to ease fiscal rules to boost defense spending How will Europe defend itself? Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here Swamp Notes is produced by Marc Filippino and Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • US President Donald Trump is ready to bring peace to Ukraine

  • and he says he will work very closely with Russia's President Vladimir Putin to make it happen.

  • But there is a problem.

  • He won't commit any US Money or troops.

  • This is Swamp Notes,

  • the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing where we talk

  • about all of the things happening in US Politics.

  • I'm Mark Filippino and this week we're asking what happens

  • if Trump goes it alone in trying to settle the Ukraine conflict.

  • Here with me to discuss is Max Seddin.

  • He covers Russia for the ft. Hi, Max.

  • Hi.

  • We've also got Kier Giles,

  • a senior fellow at Chatham House

  • and the author of a new book called who Will Defend an Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent?

  • Hi, Keir.

  • Hello, Mark.

  • So, Max, why don't you catch us up?

  • On Wednesday, Donald Trump had a 90 minute call with Vladimir Putin and when he finished,

  • he wrote on Truth Social, the social media network,