{"id":1344,"date":"2025-01-28T01:23:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T02:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2025-01-28T02:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T02:38:48","slug":"germanys-baerbock-caves-in-to-rubio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/germanys-baerbock-caves-in-to-rubio\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Baerbock caves in to Rubio"},"content":{"rendered":"

The foreign minister previously claimed she knew how to deal with her US counterpart because she used to study in Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Union, and Berlin in particular, is ready to work more closely with the new Washington administration and shoulder more military spending, the German Foreign Office has announced.<\/p>\n

In a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock emphasized Berlin’s readiness to collaborate with US President Donald Trump\u2019s new administration, the federal office said Monday in a post on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cEurope is ready to take greater responsibility for its own security,\u201d<\/em> Baerbock told Rubio, according to the post. Among other matters, the top diplomats reportedly discussed shared interests, including NATO and the situations in the Middle East and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Baerbock told<\/a> Bild last week that she \u201conce lived in Florida, that should not be underestimated,\u201d<\/em> when asked how she would deal with Rubio if and when he calls her. Although she insisted that supporting Kiev remains a priority for Berlin, the State Department’s readout<\/a> of the Monday call made no mention of Ukraine among the list of \u201cwide range of mutual interests.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Russia says no contact yet with Trump\u2019s team<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The announcement follows Trump\u2019s demand that members of the US-led military bloc increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP, a substantial rise from the current 2% minimum target, which many NATO countries have struggled to achieve. Berlin announced last week that it had met the 2% spending target for 2024.<\/p>\n

During a press conference last week, Trump also reiterated his demand that the European Union equalize its spending on Ukraine aid. \u201cThe European Union should be paying a lot more than they’re paying because… We’re in there for $200 billion more than the European Union,\u201d<\/em> he told reporters when asked about future aid to Kiev.<\/p>\n

According to data from Germany\u2019s Kiel Institute, as of October 2024, EU countries and the UK allocated around \u20ac125 billion ($131 billion) to financial and military aid to Ukraine, whereas the US assigned about \u20ac88 billion ($92 billion). The US Congress has authorized a total of $175 billion for Ukraine, but a large portion of that sum funds American industries and various US government activities associated with the conflict.<\/p>\n

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Kiev loses its \u2018last stronghold\u2019 in southern Donbass \u2013 Russian MOD<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In some of his first acts in office, Trump suspended US foreign aid for 90 days to review its alignment with his administration’s objectives and promised to put \u201cAmerica first.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The US president has also vowed to negotiate a resolution to the Ukraine conflict. On Wednesday, Trump threatened to impose further sanctions on Russia if Moscow refuses to accept a \u201cdeal,\u201d<\/em> but did not specify any terms.<\/p>\n

Russia has maintained its core demands that Ukraine renounce any ambitions to join the US-led NATO military bloc, limit the size of its military, and remain nuclear-free while insisting that Kiev must recognize territorial \u201crealities on the ground.\u201d<\/em> Moscow has emphasized that it is open to dialogue with \u201clegitimate\u201d<\/em> authorities in Kiev, as well as with the new administration in Washington, but that any deal would have to provide \u201creliable, legally binding agreements eliminating the root causes of the conflict.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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