"He does back down when pressed, right? If you look at his record he bullies small countries that try to appease him and he backed down with Xi Xinping. And I hope that Europe will stand united and push back on the president because it's not in our national interest, I just want to keep on stressing that."
Michael McFaul, former Ambassador (minute 5:55)

#Greenland #Denmark #EU #France #McFaul #Europe #Trump #USA
Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEf8zbar5x4

According to #McFaul, the former #US ambassador to #russia, #putin will have no incentive to cooperate on ending the #war if there is no threat of serious consequences. Only weapons for #Ukraine and #sanctions can force him to sit at the negotiating table.

https://global.espreso.tv/russia-ukraine-war-red-carpets-wont-make-putin-take-negotiations-seriously-former-us-ambassador

Former #US Ambassador to #Russia #McFaul:

“#Putin doesn't look at all of this stuff as a sign of strength. He looks at it as a sign of weakness. He had to do absolutely nothing to get this meeting…Putin has gained everything and given nothing in return”

#RussiaIsATerroristState

I appreciate #McFaul’s writing, but the fact he’s still on #Twitter puts the lie to such fine, well-crafted sentiments where #principles are concerned.

https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/the-tragic-and-pathetic-evolution

So this is what the pundits do. Buy the Twitter subscription 🤨

#NoRespect for him anymore.

#Twitter #McFaul

Meanwhile, from "McFaul's World"

The Guessing Game about What Putin Will Do If He Begins to Lose Even More Badly in Ukraine

https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/the-guessing-game-about-what-putin

Here is the Stanford Professor/ former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation, who had studied Putin and Russian thinking prior to his many meetings and discussions, up his departure in 2014 following the annexation of Crimea.

> "I don’t know exactly what Putin will do. But neither do you! "

#Russia #Putin #McFaul #history
#Ukraine

🇺🇦

Een Twitterdraadje (via nitter.nl) van McFaul. Poetin en Medvedev over de NAVO: "Some inconvenient facts".

https://nitter.nl/McFaul/status/1623231026716872704#m

#Poetin #Medvedev #NAVO #McFaul