— At the minute erstwhile president Trump says, "We must negotiate, force peace," we in Paris are afraid that this force will actually be a weakness," Lecorn said.
Commenting on Washington's announcements that it is not possible to send troops to Ukraine, as well as Kijov's entrance to NATO, Lecornu asked: “What is up your sleeve, then?” He added: “What may disturb us is that the American administration will yet step down in everything.”
The French minister expressed his conviction that Washington wants to end the war in Ukraine, due to the fact that now its “only obsession” is China. Lecornu reported that specified a message was conveyed by fresh Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who, as he put it, tells partners that the US "cannot manage 2 conflicts simultaneously".
Lecornu attended a gathering of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels on Thursday.
