Eu goes Trump fake intel to see if he would give it to Putin. He did immediately. Now Europe will not share intel with the us
Executive summary
There is no authoritative reporting in the supplied sources that the EU deliberately fed “fake intel” to President Trump to test whether he would pass it to Vladimir Putin; claims about a Ukrainian sting and broad European blanket refusal to share intelligence with the United States are either unproven or contradicted by available fact-checks and contemporary reporting [1] [2] [3]. What is supported by the reporting is that transatlantic trust in U.S. handling of sensitive material has been strained by a series of high-profile incidents and policy shifts — including a temporary U.S. pause in intelligence sharing in March 2025, public leaks by President Trump, and French efforts to reposition Paris as a primary intelligence supplier to Kyiv [4] [5] [6].
1. The “sting” story: reported, scrutinized, not proven
Online reports and commentary have circulated alleging that Ukraine ran a sting involving U.S. intelligence to catch Russian leaks and that European partners intentionally fed false information to test President Trump’s behavior [1]. Those narratives have been picked up and amplified in partisan channels, but established outlets and fact-checkers have challenged key elements: Kyiv Post ran fact-check coverage of the sting claims, and Snopes documented how the story was circulated and repurposed by supporters of President Trump, signaling that the factual basis of a coordinated EU-to-Trump fake-intel operation is weak or unverified in the record provided [2] [3].
2. Real strains: pauses, leaks and Paris claiming the lead
There is clearer evidence that intelligence-sharing between Washington and Kyiv — and between the U.S. and some European partners — has been unsettled. Reporting notes a brief U.S. suspension of intelligence sharing and aid to Ukraine in March 2025 tied to diplomatic pressure for talks with Russia, and French President Emmanuel Macron publicly asserted that France now provides “two-thirds” of foreign intelligence support to Ukraine, indicating a rebalancing that results from both policy choices out of Washington and strategic positioning by Paris [4] [5]. Those are documented shifts in practice, not proof of a deliberate EU deception campaign.
3. Public leaks and trust costs: Trump’s behavior as a variable
President Trump’s public disclosures of private communications and his posting of a private message from Emmanuel Macron on social media are concrete, documented incidents that have exacerbated European concerns about operational security and discretion [6]. Coverage at Davos and in European capitals shows leaders openly criticizing U.S. approaches to allied reassurance and signalling that trust has been eroded — a political context in which some European governments are logically reconsidering how much and what kind of intelligence to share with Washington [7] [8] [9].
4. Motives, agendas and alternative readings
France’s public claim to supply the majority of intelligence to Ukraine should be read through the lens of Paris’s strategic ambition to lead European defense and reduce dependence on the U.S.; that assertion serves both operational narratives and political branding [4] [5]. On the other hand, American critics point to allied trimming of intelligence ties as dangerous fragmentation. Independent fact-checkers, Ukrainian outlets, and major international newspapers show competing priorities — security prudence on the one hand, national political theatre on the other — but none supply an evidentiary chain that the EU as a bloc ran a deliberate fake-intel test on President Trump and that he “immediately” handed that material to Putin [2] [3] [7].
5. What can be concluded, and what remains unknown
Based on the sources provided, it is reasonable to conclude that transatlantic intelligence relationships are under stress, that some European states (notably France) are asserting greater operational roles for Ukraine support, and that public leaks and policy reversals have damaged trust [4] [5] [6]. What cannot be concluded from the supplied reporting is that the EU executed a coordinated deception operation aimed at President Trump, that he passed material to Putin “immediately,” or that Europe has categorically stopped sharing intelligence with the United States — such claims remain unsubstantiated in the record given here [1] [2] [3].