Nothing to do with the article. This desync plan was set 20 years ago. Baltic states have never been in good relations with our occupiers.

Oddly the Hungarians, Bulgarians and Slovaks seem to. Stockholm Syndrome?

Corruption. But also Russia has a nuclear plant project in Hungary as hostage.

I believe Bulgaria should generally not be lumped together with Slovakia and Hungary though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria%E2%80%93Russia_relati...

I think Europeans are unprepared for the dangers of peace breaking out in Eastern Europe and what that entails.

Trump term 1 was significantly harder on Russia than Biden before the invasion of Ukraine. To suggest that he is pro-Russia is absurd, has always been, will always be.

That being said, the war has to end. Pretending like it could go on indefinitely, as Biden and Europe did, is infantile.

> Trump term 1 was significantly harder on Russia than Biden before the invasion of Ukraine. To suggest that he is pro-Russia is absurd, has always been, will always be.

How? Trump rather infamously stood up at a press conference and said, in effect, he trusted Putin more than his own intelligence agencies. The only real anti-Russia thing done during his administration that I can recall is the Magnitsky Act, but the clear impetus for that came from Congress and Trump only very reluctantly signed it.

> Trump rather infamously stood up at a press conference and said, in effect, he trusted Putin more than his own intelligence agencies.

Words are not policy.

Biden stopped selling weapons to Ukraine and removed sanctions on Nord stream 2.

I'm going to have to ask for citations for that.

(before invasion) White House freezes Ukraine military package that includes lethal weapons

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/white-house-ukraine...

(before invasion) Despite appeals from Ukraine, Biden admin holds back additional military aid to Kyiv amid diplomatic push

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/appeals-u...

Biden administration slowed Ukraine arms shipments until his term was nearly done

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/biden-administration-...

Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57180674

> Furthermore, there is a clear danger that Trump will make peace in Ukraine (without consulting either the EU or Ukraine) and have the EU pay for the reconstruction.

Yeah... Trump isn't dictator of the world. The only way he can make peace in Ukraine without consulting Ukraine is to persuade Russia to withdraw. (Which, if he did, that would be great... but I'm not holding my breath.) Other than that, the most he can do is stop supplying Ukraine with US weapons and intel, and let Ukraine decide what to do in the new situation.

And, having the EU pay for reconstruction? The EU is not under Trump's orders. They may chose to help pay for Ukrainian reconstruction, if they choose to do so, but it won't be because Trump "had" them do so.