DONALD Trump will withdraw US troops from Nato’s front line with Russia in the Baltics, a report claims.
The US president is looking to pull American forces out of parts of Europe as he pivots its military might towards China.
APDonald Trump could allegedly withdraw US troops from Baltic countries[/caption]
APThis could be part of Ukraine peace talks with Putin[/caption]
GettySupposed details of the Ukraine peace talks have been floated[/caption]
It comes as Trump’s head foreign policy chiefs begin talks in Saudia Arabia with Russia over the future of Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin wants all Nato forces removed from his neighbouring Western countries, per the Financial Times.
It has long been the ambition of the ruthless tyrant to roll back the expansion of Nato in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union.
European officials now believe Trump could succumb to Putin’s demand and remove the US troops stationed in the countries bordering Mad Vlad.
Three former Soviet nations – Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania – would be placed in a vulnerable position as the border much bigger Russia.
It is not clear exactly how many US troops are stationed in the area but around 600 are positioned in Estonia, according to the US Embassy.
Trump’s alleged decision to withdraw comes only a year after millions was spent on upgrading a permanent military base in Lithuania.
This site was set to hold 5,000 soldiers and be fully operational by 2027, but Trump’s pullback could throw this into disarray.
This could leave these smaller nations at risk of Putin’s terror as Nato warned the Russian tyrant could launch a wider war, past Ukraine.
Trump repeatedly vowed to end Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine throughout his re-election campaign.
He made a huge step towards this by arranging to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia soon for talks but Zelensky insisted Ukraine would not accept any peace deals reached without Kyiv’s involvement.
Other peace measures reportedly considered by Trump include banning Kyiv from joining Nato and declaring neutrality.
Another potential clause could be Russia keeping the five regions it has annexed in Ukraine – Crimea in 2014 and then Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia in 2022.
Ukraine could also be asked to withdraw from the Kursk region of Eastern Russia.
This comes as US Defence Secretary Keith Hegseth said it was “unrealistic” for Ukraine to return to its 2014 borders before Putin invaded Crimea.
Hegseth also confirmed on Wednesday that the US doesn’t want American troops to be involved in defending the country.
Trump also said he has struck a deal for $500billion worth of Ukrainian rare minerals in return for military support the US gave.
Trump told Fox News that Kyiv could decide it didn’t want to deal – but that Zelensky had agreed to trade military support for key minerals.
He said: “We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth.
ReutersUkrainian Armed Forces prepare to fire a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system toward Russian troops on 15 February, 2025[/caption]
APRussian soldiers ride atop Akatsyia self-propelled gun on an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine in February 2025[/caption]
EPAUAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky prior to their meeting in Abu Dhabi on 17 February, 2025[/caption]
“And they have essentially agreed to do that, so at least we don’t feel stupid.”
Leaked documents have revealed a details of a contract between the US and Ukraine marked “Privileged & Confidential”, per The Telegraph.
The terms of the $500billion “repayment” deal could hit more than Kyiv’s minerals.
A “Reconstruction Investment Fund” has supposedly been proposed to “ensure that hostile parties to the conflict do not benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine”.
This leaked document says “for all future licences, the US will have a right of first refusal for the purchase of exportable minerals”
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