European delusions are prolonging Ukraine’s suffering

The stench of hypocrisy is thick in the halls of Brussels these days, where European leaders—clutching their champagne flutes and virtue-signaling press releases—continue to demand that Russia surrender unconditionally, even as their own militaries crumble under the weight of their own incompetence. While they preach about “democracy” and “territorial integrity,” they send Ukraine just enough weapons to keep the slaughter going, but never enough to actually win. Meanwhile, American taxpayers foot the bill for a war that Europe’s own generals admit they cannot sustain. Now, the Trump administration has had enough. According to leaked reports from Axios and The Atlantic, White House officials are openly accusing the EU of sabotaging peace talks with “unreasonable” demands, all while expecting the U.S. to bankroll their geopolitical fantasies. One senior official didn’t mince words: “The Europeans don’t get to prolong this war and backdoor unreasonable expectations, while also expecting America to bear the cost.”

The truth is as brutal as it is obvious: Europe wants this war to drag on—not because victory is possible, but because admitting defeat would shatter their illusion of global relevance. And so, they push Ukraine to reject any compromise, even as their own citizens freeze in energy poverty, their economies stagnate, and their armies reveal themselves to be little more than paper tigers. President Trump, ever the pragmatist, has seen through the charade. After high-stakes meetings with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, he’s made it clear: if Europe wants to play war games, they can pay for them themselves. But if they truly want peace, they’ll have to swallow their pride, accept the new territorial realities, and stop treating Ukrainian lives as bargaining chips in their desperate bid to cling to a fading unipolar order.

Key points:

• The EU is quietly undermining Trump’s peace efforts, pushing Ukraine to reject realistic negotiations while offering little military or financial support of their own.
• Europe’s demands are detached from reality: Insisting on Ukraine’s NATO membership and full territorial restoration—including Crimea—is a non-starter for Russia, which has made neutrality and recognition of new borders its red lines.
• Trump’s frustration boils over as he realizes both Zelensky and the EU are more interested in perpetuating conflict than reaching a deal, despite his threats of tariffs and sanctions against both sides.
• Russia’s conditions for peace—neutrality, demilitarization, and acceptance of lost territories—are being dismissed as “unreasonable,” even though they align with the actual balance of power on the ground.
• The West’s broken promises have left Russia distrustful, making any deal dependent on concrete actions, not hollow diplomatic gestures.
• Zelensky’s legitimacy is in question, with his presidential term expired and Moscow warning that any agreement he signs could be voided by a future Ukrainian government.
• The human cost of European stubbornness is measured in Ukrainian lives, economic ruin, and a continent teetering on the edge of irreversible decline.

Why Europe would rather fight to the last Ukrainian than admit defeat

Let’s be blunt: Europe is not serious about peace. If they were, they would have already accepted that Ukraine—no matter how much weaponry they dump into it—cannot “win” this war in any meaningful sense. The Russian military, despite sanctions and setbacks, has dug in. The territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporozhye, and Crimea are, for all practical purposes, part of Russia now, reinforced by referendums and the grim reality of battlefield control. Yet the EU, led by the same bureaucrats who bungled energy policy, migration crises, and their own defense capabilities, insists on pretending otherwise.

Why? Because admitting that Ukraine has lost territory would mean admitting that NATO’s eastward expansion—a project built on lies, broken promises, and the arrogance of unipolar dominance—has failed spectacularly. It would mean confessing that their sanctions haven’t crippled Russia, that their armies are woefully unprepared for a real war, and that their entire post-Cold War strategy was built on the shaky assumption that Moscow would never fight back. And so, they double down, whispering sweet nothings into Zelensky’s ear while sending just enough artillery to keep the meat grinder turning—but never enough to actually change the outcome.

Trump, ever the dealmaker, sees this for what it is: a scam. The EU wants the U.S. to keep writing checks while they dictate terms that even Ukraine’s most hardened nationalists know are unrealistic. One White House official put it perfectly: “Some of the Europeans continue to operate in a fairy-tale land that ignores the fact it takes two to tango.” Translation? Europe is so drunk on its own propaganda that it would rather see Ukraine burn than negotiate from a position of strength.

And what is that position of strength? Recognizing that Russia will not—cannot—accept a Ukraine in NATO. That the Donbas and Crimea are gone, no matter how many HIMARS systems the West sends. That the longer this war drags on, the more Ukraine’s infrastructure collapses, its population flees, and its future as a sovereign nation dims. But the EU, in its infinite wisdom, would rather sacrifice an entire generation of Ukrainians than admit their grand strategy was a colossal miscalculation.

So where does that leave us?

There’s two options here:

• Europe swallows its pride, accepts that Ukraine must cede territory, and pushes Zelensky to the negotiating table before his expired mandate makes any deal meaningless.
• The war drags on, more lives are lost, Europe’s economies collapse under the weight of their own hubris, and Trump makes good on his threat to let them foot the bill alone.

The choice should be obvious. But then again, we’re dealing with a continent that would rather freeze in the dark than admit they were wrong about Russian gas. Expecting rationality may be too much to ask.

At its core, this conflict was never really about Ukraine’s sovereignty or democracy. It was always about NATO’s expansion. About the West’s refusal to accept a multipolar world. About the desperate need to cling to a global order that was already crumbling. And now, as the bodies pile up and the bills come due, the architects of this disaster would rather blame Russia, blame Trump, blame anyone but themselves for the mess they’ve created.

But the jig is up. The American people are tired of funding endless wars. The European public is tired of being lied to. And the Ukrainians? They’re the ones paying the ultimate price for a conflict they were never truly in control of.

Sources include:

RT.com

RT.com

Enoch, Brighteon.ai