Jan9 - NATO takes control from US of air defenses in Poland crucial to supporting Ukraine days before Trump takes office

[CentralMass]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/nato-air-defenses-poland-ukraine/index.html
"NATO has taken over air defenses in Poland from the US just days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, according to a NATO spokesman, with questions looming about the incoming administration’s approach to the alliance and to Ukraine.

NATO assumed command and control from the US on Thursday, said Col. Martin O’Donnell, and will help to safeguard logistics nodes in Poland that are needed to continue delivering aid crucial to Ukraine’s war effort against Russia. The move is part of a broader effort that has been in the works for months to shift the burden of helping Ukraine from the US to European countries, amid questions over whether US support would continue under the Trump administration.

NATO allies have been bracing for US support for Ukraine to shrink over the next year. Trump has questioned the value of aid to Ukraine and the US commitment to NATO, and while he has said he wants to end the war he has not yet weighed in on whether his administration will continue providing military assistance to Ukraine."
Ahead of the imminent transfer of power, the US has worked to transition aid to Ukraine from a US-led effort to a NATO-led mechanism in part to “Trump-proof” the assistance, CNN has reported.

“That work is ongoing, with NATO shouldering more and more responsibility every day,” said O’Donnell, a spokesman for NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.

The Biden administration has tried to leave Ukraine in the strongest possible position as it prepares for the incoming Trump administration, both on the battlefield and in the event of negotiations. On Thursday, the US announced another $500 million military aid package for Ukraine, the final expected package from the outgoing leadership."

[pandr32]

1. Thank you for this.

[CentralMass]

2. You are welcome. I thought that this was a critical action at the time

[Hekate]

3. I am glad to hear this. It makes me feel ashamed to say this, but they can't count on us any more.

[stage left]

7. I hate

being the bad guys.

[RainCaster]

4. Just one small piece of evidence that NATO doesn't trust TSF

Five Eyes, EU, NATO, all are falling away from us. They know they can't trust a Putin puppet.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. No one with a functioning brain trusts Trump

[Baron2024]

5. Domestic Preparations

This is good news for NATO, Europe, and Ukraine. I just wish we had somehow "Trump proofed" our own country domestically before he took office. I am glad for the Europeans though.