Europe Plans To Turn Ukraine Into ‘a Steel Porcupine’

Hopes for a South Korea-style human tripwire are dashed by Friday’s televised blowup at the White House.

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Prime Minister Starmer, right, greets President Zelensky, left, at 10 Downing Street, March 1, 2025. Peter Nicholls/pool via AP

Without American soldiers for “a human trip wire,” President von der Leyen of the European Commission called Sunday on the leaders of the continent’s largest nations to turn “Ukraine into a steel porcupine that is indigestible for potential invaders.”

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