Western allies play up global angle of Ukraine war

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Trump has selected Republican senator Marco Rubio to be his next secretary of state.
47% : In what looks like an attempt to stake out a narrative to sell to Trump to keep the US in play, western allies have recently been stressing how much the war in Ukraine involves not just Russia but China, North Korea and Iran too.[ Swedish authorities track Chinese vessel to scene of Baltic cable breaksOpens in new window ]New Nato secretary general Mark Rutte made the point when speaking to reporters in Brussels this week.
44% : Strategically, the more Europe and Ukraine can tie China directly to Russia's war, the better chance they have of keeping Trump from turning off the tap of crucial US support.
36% : Trump has talked about ending the war in 24 hours, likely by threatening to cut off the huge flow of military aid the US is sending to Kyiv, to force it to agree a settlement with Russia.
27% : Now heading up Nato, he will have to try to keep a rash Trump from deciding to pull US support for Ukraine or the wider military alliance itself.

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