Macron on Trump: 'Your President is Right. He's a Game Changer'

As Washington, D.C. continues its panic over President Trump's approach to the war in Ukraine, French President Macron says he is a "game changer", peace is possible, and NATO not only needs to pay a larger share of the cost, but European nations must also build up their militaries to be a greater deterrence to Russia's aggression. In other words, Trump is right.

Remember when candidate Trump lightheartedly mocked the label of a 'dictator' that Democrats were trying to smear him with saying, "I'll be a dictator on day one." My how far we've come from rhetoric.

Trump is a game changer:

“I think the arrival of President Trump is a game changer, and I think he has the deterrence capacity of the U.S. to reengage with Russia, so I think [a ceasefire] is feasible,” Macron said, agreeing with Brett Baier of FOX News that Trump could end the war within weeks. “I think the initiative of President Trump is a very positive one.”

Negotiated peace is possible:

“I think it’s feasible to have a truce at least and start negotiating for sustainable peace, but we need something substantial, for Ukraine, for the Europeans, and its security and for the U.S. and its credibility,” said Macron.

Europe has to do more to strengthen its own defense:

Macron said that because of the “lack of credibility of our collective deterrence,” Putin was emboldened to attack Ukraine in 2022.

“We have to do much more at the European scale. I convened a meeting beginning of this week and we will have the European Council in the days to come. … We have to take our part of the burden and we have to invest much more in our own security, first, to decrease your own burden, but second, because this is our interest,” he said.

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