The Americans are abandoning their post in the world, so the world is adjusting to get on without them. I think it’s probably a good thing long term that Europe grows to protect itself from Russian aggression without having to rely on the unreliable.

Ukraine could well have been a different story without US support, and US support is no longer a given.

> From the country which failed to successfully invade Ukraine

True, but that doesn't make the war itself any less significant.

Ukraine depends on weapons and ammunition shipments from the EU and US. Continued US support continues to be uncertain. The EU is set on continued support of Ukraine, but an attack on Finland or the Baltic countries might be a way to force EU countries to reroute many of these shipments to defending that new flank

The other angle is that Putin is in a precarious situation if he can't win in Ukraine. Too much has been invested, to many sacrifices made. And a lot of his political power depends on him looking strong. He could be looking for some way to find a quick victory somewhere else

I don't believe either of these are likely scenarios. But Putin is increasingly backed into the corner and has already proven that he will take risky bets on starting new wars. Every country bordering Russia is well-advised to make themselves look like a well-defended place where the Russian military would only be bogged down in another quagmire

But EU/NATO leaders think that after The Ukraine, Paris is next.

I hope you are right that there's no problem but Trump seems to be doing his best to help Russia win.

Welcome to the funny realm of European propaganda where Russia is simultaneously the biggest imaginable military threat possible to the world while also being a joke.