Usual hot air from puppets.
Watch how they are going to bend for daddy
Yes of course.
First, this story is from Financial Times, so you can assume it has been green-lighted by US intelligence.
Then it is clear that if this guy goes hard with US negotiators he will be back stabbed as soon as he comes back in Europe by the very same people that pushed him to be tough...so they can play the "US friend" card with Trump. All these people in Brussels have been appointed by Biden admin, so they want to show they are loyal to Trump too.
But this guy, , is not exactly a random moron, he was a communist in East Europe before the wall went down, he even studied in Moscow as a student. With Ukraine he said he does not consider Russia to be any kind of threat (one of the few politicians to say it openly, although many think it), and he was against sanctions.
We will see what happens, but of course US will negotiate with EU from a position of (super) strength, as they love to do and as they can do (with EU, not with China).