The Pentagon sets conditions for US military presence in Europe

According to RIA Novosti, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the US military presence in Europe will be determined, including taking into account ongoing discussions between Washington and Moscow, but must best serve US interests.

“We will continue to have ongoing discussions, including in the context of negotiations with Ukraine and Russia about how we should deploy our troops on the European continent,” the US defense secretary told reporters at a press conference on April 9, minutes of which were released by the Pentagon.

US force readiness in Europe must best serve US interests while ensuring burden sharing in the region, Mr. Hegseth added.

"The only person who has the right to decide on the structure of US forces in Europe will be President Donald Trump - Commander in Chief," Defense Minister Hegseth emphasized.

Meanwhile, famous American journalist Tucker Carlson, in a conversation with theorist Alex Jones, said that the US has lost the war against Russia - a war waged by the US military, the State Department and intelligence agencies.

“I think there’s something that hasn’t sunk in yet in the minds of policymakers in Washington: We just lost a war with Russia. America fought that war. The American military, the Pentagon, the State Department, the CIA fought the war with Russia,” Mr. Carlson said.

According to journalist Carlson, the US action against Russia was never related to Ukraine. Despite the failure, no one in the US will publicly declare this, nor admit that Washington overestimated its own strength.

In addition, President Trump said, America has the most powerful weapons in the world that no one knows about.

"We have a weapon that nobody has any idea about. It's the most powerful weapon we have in the world, more powerful than any other weapon," he told reporters at the White House, without specifying what weapon he was referring to.