The strategy being pursued by Trump and his allies risks undermining Ukraine's security by prioritizing a quick, selfish deal with Putin over the interests of European allies and Ukraine itself.

“I think that this is creating the sense within the European community that you know zalinski is right when he says you can't rely on this guy anymore you cannot rely on America anymore”

The US risks losing its global influence by using its position of power to extort allies and dismantle international security structures for short-term gain.

“it's a funny thing where us protection is now called a protection racket or US security is now called extortion right on the other hand sometimes he talks about them being independent of the US and not wanting to spend the money at which point he would lose the ability to bully and extort”