The second stage to Trump’s “hand-off” of the Ukraine war to the Europeans was clearly set out in his Truth Social post of 23 September. In the first phase of the hand-over, Trump withdrew from being the primary supplier of armaments to Kiev, and indicated that from now on Europe would have to pay for virtually everything – with weapons purchased from US manufacturers. Of course, Trump knows that Europe is fiscally “bust.” It hasn’t the money to fund itself, let alone a major war. He then...




















